United States Second Circuit

Conviction and sentence for conspiring to distribute cocaine base, operating a business that distributed controlled substances, and distributing and possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances are affirmed except as to sentence which is remanded for resentencing where the district court erred in failing to state its specific findings regarding the amount of narcotics for which defendant is responsible and defendant's role in the offense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2007
• Published 06/08/2007

Judges

• Before:  CARDAMONE, STRAUB, and WALLACE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Steven Weiser, Assistant United States Attorney (Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Susan Corkery, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), Brooklyn, NY, for Appellee., Brian Sheppard, Law Office of Brian Sheppard, Esq., New Hyde Park, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.