United States Sixth Circuit

Defendant, convicted of various methamphetamine possession and distribution counts, was properly denied a sentencing reduction under the "safety valve" provision of U.S.S.G. section 5C1.2(a). He is ineligible for that reduction because he failed to prove that he did not possess a firearm in connection with his drug offenses.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/22/2004
• Published 01/22/2004

Judges

• Before KENNEDY, MARTIN, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eugene A. Laurenzi (argued and briefed), Godwin, Morris, Laurenzi & Bloomfield, Memphis, TN, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas A. Colthurst (argued and briefed), Assistant United States Attorney, Memphis, TN, for Appellee.