U.S. v. Longstreet

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
Nos. 10-2872 & 10-3079 Cons.
Decision Date: 
January 20, 2012
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed
Dist. Ct. did not err in re-sentencing defendants to 360-month and 240-month terms of incarceration after both defendants had received remands for reconsideration of sentences under Kimbrough. While one defendant argued that Dist. Ct. erred in attributing to defendant drug sales that averaged 1.5 ounces of crack over 10-month period of time, Dist. Ct. could rely on testimony of seller to support instant calculation even though seller was unsure of year in which he began said sales. Moreover, Dist. Ct. could extrapolate average per-day amount to larger period of time.