U.S. v. WILKERSON

No. 98-3572.

179 F.3d 1083 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernard WILKERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Gavras, St. Louis, MO, argued, for Appellant.

Dean Robert Hoag, St. Louis, MO, argued, for Appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, BEAM and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Bernard Wilkerson pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 21 U.S.C. § 846. He was sentenced to 30 months after the district court1 applied the so-called safety valve to depart below the mandatory minimum sentence of five years set by statute. See 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f). Wilkerson...

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