HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Arturo Valdez pled guilty to possessing heroin with intent to distribute. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He admitted responsibility for 700 grams of heroin, but in applying the Sentencing Guidelines, the district court held him accountable for more than three kilograms of the drug. The court imposed a within-guidelines sentence of 140 months in prison. On appeal Valdez challenges his sentence, arguing that the court's drug quantity finding...
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