U.S. v. FLORES

No. 88-1566.

875 F.2d 1110 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abraham Rodriguez FLORES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Brown, Lubbock, Tex. (Court-Appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Steven M. Sucsy, Asst. U.S. Atty., Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Lubbock, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, KING and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Following his conviction for knowingly and intentionally distributing heroin, Abraham Flores appeals only the sentence he received. First, he claims that the United States Sentencing Guidelines should not have been used to determine his sentence because they are unconstitutional. In the alternative, he claims that the Guidelines were imposed incorrectly. We find however that the district court correctly applied the Guidelines, and...

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