Commonwealth v. Baltimore Tank Lines, Inc.

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• concluding that reasonably foreseeable drug transactions of coconspirators are properly attributed to individual defendant in drug conspiracy prosecution
• holding that district courts must apply relevant conduct principles in determining the quantity of narcotics properly attributable to each coconspirator
• mandating that sentencing court 24 consider the quantity of narcotics attributable to each co- conspirator by relying on the principles set forth in Pinkerton
• comparing the Sentencing Guidelines with the statutory sentencing scheme, and reconciling the difference between the two by concluding that Sections 846 and 841(b) contain a requirement that courts apply the Pinkerton principles of reasonable foreseeability
• noting the Sentencing Guidelines’ recognition that a “coconspirator is held accountable for the quantity of drugs reasonably foreseeable to 7 him within the scope of his unlawful agreement” incorporates the “concept of reasonable foreseeability as described in Pinkerton” 2
• mandatory minimum and sentencing guidelines schemes “should be reconciled to the extent legitimate and practical”

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