U.S. v. GIBSON

Nos. 90-6403, 90-6431.

985 F.2d 860 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cecil GIBSON (90-6403) and Johnny Ray Baker (90-6431), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis DeFalaise, U.S. Atty., R. Michael Murphy, Asst. U.S. Atty. (briefed), Lexington, KY, Jacquelyn A. Jess, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Covington, KY, for U.S.

Warren N. Scoville (argued and briefed), Lewis, Scoville, Scoville, Cessna & Crawford, London, KY, for Cecil Gibson.

Stephan Charles (argued and briefed), Manchester, KY, for Johnny Ray Baker.

Before: JONES and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges; and ZATKOFF, District Judge.


NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Johnny Ray Baker and Cecil Gibson appeal the sentences imposed pursuant to their guilty pleas to drug-related offenses. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

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