U.S. v. COPELAND

No. 94-1268.

51 F.3d 611 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvis COPELAND, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Debold (argued and briefed), Office of the U.S. Atty., Detroit, MI, Mark C. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., Flint, MI, for plaintiff-appellee.

Arthur M. Fitzgerald (argued and briefed), Bay City, MI, for defendant-appellant.

Before: WELLFORD, BOGGS, and SILER, Circuit Judges.


WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Alvis Copeland, Jr., was convicted by a jury of one count of conspiring to distribute cocaine. The trial court concluded that between 1986 and 1993, Copeland distributed more than 1500 grams of cocaine base (crack). The district court concluded that this resulted in a base offense level of 38 under the guidelines, and sentenced Copeland to a total of 324 months incarceration.

Copeland raises many challenges on appeal, including...

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