United States First Circuit

Sentence for possession and distribution of crack cocaine is affirmed where the district court fully considered mitigating factors in reaching defendant's sentence, and reasonably rejected sentencing disparity as a basis for further reducing the sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2006
• Published 05/03/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bjorn Lange, Assistant Federal Public Defender, on brief for the defendant, appellant., Mark E. Howard, Assistant United States Attorney, and Thomas P. Colantuono, United States Attorney, on brief for the appellee.