United States Sixth Circuit

Defendant's ten-year mandatory-minimum sentence for possession with intent to distribute over fifty grams of cocaine base is affirmed, where the sentence did not amount to cruel and unusual punishment, because the case did not present an extreme disparity between the sentence imposed and the crime committed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/07/2009
• Published 07/07/2009

Judges

• Before BOGGS, Chief Judge;  MOORE and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  Daniel R. Fagan, Daniel R. Fagan & Associates, P.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant.  Jennifer L. McManus, Assistant United States Attorney, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.