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- Title: Poindexter v. Atchison
- Author : Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 24, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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On February 9, 1998, William M. Onheiber entered into a plea agreement under which he agreed to plead guilty to attempting to possess with intent to distribute six kilograms of cocaine powder, in violation of 21 U.S.C. ร§ 841(a)(1). On May 12, 1998, Onheiber was sentenced to a term of 70 months imprisonment for this offense. Onheiber appeals from this sentence, arguing that the district court should have, pursuant to Sentencing Guideline ร§ 2X1.1, awarded him a three-level reduction in base offense level because his offense was only an attempt, and that the district court should have, pursuant to Sentencing Guideline ร§ 3B1.2, awarded him an additional two-level reduction in base offense level because he was only a minor participant in the crime. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.