KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant appeals his sentence for distribution of heroin, arguing that the District Court misinterpreted as a matter of law United States Sentencing Commission Guideline ("U.S.S.G.") § 5C1.2 (1995) (which permits first offenders to be sentenced under the statutory minimum under certain circumstances). Defendant argues alternatively that the District Court misapplied § 5C1.2 to the facts of this case. For the following reasons, we...
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