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182974P.pdf 11/01/2019 United States v. Kimani Sterling
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-2974
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Kelly and Erickson, Circuit Judges]
Criminal Case - sentence. In challenge to drug quantity determination and
enhancement for possession of a dangerous weapon, the presentence
investigation report attributed a drug quantity required for a base
account of 24. The probation office concluded it was reasonable that
defendants were held accountable for distribution of level 26 quantities.
Sterling objected. The government did no present evidence to support
discrepancy. Because the government failed to provide the information, the
district court clearly erred in sentencing Sterling to a base offense
level of 26 based on speculative drug quantities. The district court did
not err in imposing the Guidelines sec 2D1.1(b)(1) enhancement. Case is
reversed in part and remanded for resentencing.