UNITED STATES v. ESPINOSA

No. 96-5208 Non-Argument Calendar.

172 F.3d 795 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fidel ESPINOSA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Tarkoff, Law Offices of Michael H. Tarkoff, Coconut Grove, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

William C. Brown, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Criminal Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT and BLACK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Fidel Espinosa, having been convicted by a jury of four offenses involving cocaine trafficking, appeals the sentences he received in the district court for those offenses. The only question he raises is whether the district court, in ruling on Espinosa's request for a two-level reduction of his base offense level under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(6),1 improperly deferred to the Government.

Section 2D1.1(b)(6) provides...

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