United States Sixth Circuit

A conviction for possession with intent to distribute of cocaine base is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court erred in denying a motion to suppress as an affidavit in support of a search warrant failed to contain sufficient indicia of confidential informant's reliability; 2) insufficient evidence was submitted at trial regarding the weight of the cocaine defendant possessed; and 3) the sentence was unreasonable and the court erred in calculating defendant's sentencing guidelines range, relying upon the government's expert's mere drug quantity estimation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/30/2006
• Published 11/30/2006

Judges

• Before GILMAN and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges;  HEYBURN, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Mary C. Jermann-Robinson, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.  James W. Powell, Assistant United States Attorney, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  M. Dianne Smothers, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.  James W. Powell, Assistant United States Attorney, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee.