U.S. v. LAWRENCE

No. 90-1781.

951 F.2d 751 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shawn D. LAWRENCE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney Cubbie, Office of U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis. (argued), for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas A. Gibbons, Ari M. Trubitt (argued), Kreiter & Associates, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Shawn Lawrence was convicted on two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and was sentenced under the Sentencing Guidelines to 108 months imprisonment and an additional four years of supervised release. He appeals his conviction arguing that (1) that the "100 to 1 ratio" of cocaine to cocaine base, for purposes of determining sentencing levels under...

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