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U.S. v. STURDIVANT

Docket No. 00-1058.

244 F.3d 71 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Elbert L. STURDIVANT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. August Term, 2000.

Decided: March 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDWARD S. ZAS, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Division, New York, NY, for defendant-appellant.

WILLIAM J. KNAPP, Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, for Denise E. O'Donnell, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY, for appellee.

Before: CALABRESI and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and TRAGER, District Judge.

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Elbert L. Sturdivant appeals from a judgment entered on January 27, 2000 by the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Skretny, J.) convicting him after a jury trial of one count of possessing and distributing cocaine base. The court imposed a sentence of 63 months' imprisonment.

Defendant claims that he suffered prejudice by being convicted and sentenced based upon a count that...

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