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eBook details
- Title: United States v. Mathis
- Author : District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 30, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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Argued April 14, 2000 Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge Henderson. Appellants Eddie Mathis, Walter Mathis and Maurice Lee were convicted on a single count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute heroin and cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The appellants challenge their convictions, claiming that the government's evidence at trial proved multiple conspiracies and that the variance between the single conspiracy charge on which they were indicted and the evidence against them substantially prejudiced them. Additionally, Walter Mathis claims that the district court erroneously admitted other crimes evidence at trial and committed two sentencing errors. Appellants Eddie Mathis and Lee also challenge the district court's application of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines) in sentencing them. Finally, Lee claims that the district court erroneously admitted his handgun and certain legal documents into evidence. We conclude that while the government's conspiracy evidence varied from the conspiracy charged, the variance did not substantially prejudice the appellants. We affirm the district court in all other respects except for its application of section 4A1.1(d) of the Guidelines in sentencing Walter Mathis. Accordingly, we affirm all three appellants' convictions and Eddie Mathis's and Lee's sentences but vacate Walter Mathis's sentence and remand to the district court to resentence him in accordance with this opinion.