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U.S. v. HAMM

Nos. 17-6383/18-5121.

952 F.3d 728 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wesley Scott HAMM (17-6383); Robert Lee Shields (18-5121), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 6, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael M. Losavio , Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant in 17-6383. Thomas C. Lyons , LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS C. LYONS, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant in 18-5121. Francesco Valentini , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael M. Losavio , Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant in 17-6383. Thomas C. Lyons , LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS C. LYONS, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant in 18-5121. Francesco Valentini , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., Gary Todd Bradbury , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, GIBBONS, and BUSH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

By the summer of 2016, Wesley Hamm had already been addicted to opioids for a decade and, as his tolerance grew, he settled into a new routine. Each day, he made the two-hour drive from his hometown of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky to Cincinnati, where he typically bought several grams of fentanyl. When he returned...

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