U.S. v. CRUZ

No. 08-4194.

595 F.3d 744 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Kubiatowski, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Johanna M. Christiansen, Attorney (argued), Richard H. Parsons, Attorney Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Hector Cruz challenges his 10-year mandatory-minimum sentence for conspiring to sell illegal drugs. 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A). He had previously been convicted in an Illinois state court of a state drug offense that the parties agree was "relevant conduct" in the federal prosecution, relevant conduct being defined as actions "that were part of the same course of conduct or common scheme or plan as the offense of conviction." U.S.S.G. §...

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