United States Tenth Circuit

A sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine is affirmed over a claim that the district court erred under Rita v. United States, 127 S. Ct. 2456 (2007), in giving the Guidelines sentence "considerable weight."

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/13/2008
• Published 05/14/2008

Judges

• TACHA, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, Chief Circuit Judge, TACHA, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs:   David J. Phillips, Federal Public Defender, and Kirk C. Redmond, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Kansas, Topeka, KS, for the Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney, and Leon Patton, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, for the Appellee.