United States v. Cassius

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• finding that the lower court did not err by “computing [a defendant’s] Guidelines range using a crack cocaine amount the court found [only] by a preponderance of the evidence”
• reasoning trial court’s finding of larger drug quantity used solely as a sentencing factor to assist in determining defendant’s sentence within prescribed statutory range permissible under Alleyne
• finding no \procedural error\ under Alleyne because the \court only used its own ... finding as a mere sentencing factor to help choose a sentence within the proper statutory range\

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