MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Kerry L. Baker appeals his sentence following his conviction for conspiring to distribute over fifty grams of cocaine base. Mr. Baker had a prior felony drug conviction, and he received the mandatory minimum sentence of twenty years under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b). He argues that, on the facts of his case, a twenty-year mandatory minimum sentence is disproportionate to the crime and comprises cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth...
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