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U.S. v. STAPLES

Nos. 99-1630, 99-1876.

202 F.3d 992 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mardisco STAPLES and Delwin Brown, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 2, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin E. Byrnes, Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, Linda L. Mullen (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David E. Bennett, Jonathan H. Bogaard (argued), Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Mardisco Staples.

Jonathan H. Bogaard, vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, IL, Richard H. Parsons, Office of the Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Delwin Brown.

Before WOOD, JR., KANNE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Mardisco Staples and Delwin Brown challenge the calculation of the sentences for their convictions for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Staples and Brown pleaded guilty to the one-count indictment and, based on their individual criminal histories, were sentenced to 150 months and 292 months in prison, respectively. They contend that the district court erred in applying the United States Sentencing Guidelines, resulting in longer...

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