U.S. v. JONES

No. 15-5324.

829 F.3d 476 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmy James JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Mark A. Wohlander , Wohlander Law Office PSC, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant. Charles P. Wisdom Jr. , John Patrick Grant , United States Attorney's Office, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH, DAUGHTREY, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Jimmy James Jones raises a constitutional challenge to his 78-month sentence, contending that the district court's use of the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard in determining the amount of heroin attributable to him violated his right to due process. Given our decision in United States v. Brika,

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