UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Roy SLOAN, Defendant-Appellant.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Hein Van PHUNG, a.k.a. Hieu, Defendant-Appellant.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Bao VUONG, Defendant-Appellant.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Tai NGUYEN, Defendant-Appellant.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Hoang NGO, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 7, 1996.
October 7, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Tamra Phipps, David Rhodes, Asst. U.S. Attys., Tampa, FL, Robert Marcovitch, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, GA, for U.S. in No. 94-2101.
Kent Alexander, U.S. Attorney, David Michael Leta, Robert Marcovitch, Asst. U.S. Attys., Atlanta, GA, for U.S. in Nos. 94-9138, 94-9159, 94-9161 and 94-9263.
Federal Public Defender, Rosemary Cakmis, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Orlando, FL, Greg Smith, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Roy Sloan.
Michael J. Trost, Atlanta, Gregory Smith, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Hein Van Phung.
Stanley M. Baum, Bates & Baum, Atlanta, GA, Gregory Smith, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Hoang Ngo.
Robert H. Citronberg, Atlanta, GA, Gregory Smith, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Tai Nguyen.
Jake Waldrop, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Gregory Smith, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Bao Vuong.
Before KRAVITCH and COX, Circuit Judges, and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated appeals, appellants challenge the sentences imposed after their pleas of guilty to violations of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a).1 Appellants argue that the relevant statute and Sentencing Guidelines ("guidelines") are ambiguous because they use a 100:1 weight ratio for "cocaine base" and "cocaine" offenses and thereby punish cocaine base offenses more severely despite the fact that cocaine and cocaine...
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