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U.S. v. ATEHORTUA

No. 88-1265.

875 F.2d 149 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arturo Jesus ATEHORTUA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colette Holt, Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Kevin E. Milner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr., CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

How much cocaine is in a kilogram? The answer "1,000 grams" is almost certainly wrong, because no sample of "white powdery substance" (the jargon of police reports) is 100% pure. And a dealer's offer to supply a customer with one kilogram means "one kilo, more or less, of a substance containing cocaine more or less pure". A judge imposing sentence might think that the "more or less" is more or less irrelevant: the gravity of the offense...

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