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UNITED STATES v. VARGAS

No. 21-20140.

74 F.4th 673 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andres VARGAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 24, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Audrey Lynn Maness (argued), Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, Michael Lance Herman , Evan Gray Howze (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Courtney Millian , Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Kara Rollins , New Civil Liberties Alliance, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae New Civil Liberties Alliance.

Before Richman, Chief Judge, and Jones, Smith, Stewart, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.

Federal law imposes harsher sentences on people who commit multiple drug crimes. See U.S. SENT'G GUIDELINES MANUAL § 4B1.1(a) (U.S. SENT'G COMM'N 2018).1 But what about conspiracies? Do people who have engaged in multiple drug...

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