United States v. Iris Collette Jackson

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• holding that Apprendi does not alter a district court’s ability to adjust a defendant’s offense level for role in the offense, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1
• acknowledging that this holding unaffected by United States Supreme Court’s vacatur and incorporating it into opinion issued after remand
• rejecting government's argument that defendant's 30 year sentence was subject to harmless or plain error review where the indictment failed to include essential element of drug quantity
• rejecting government’s argument that defendant’s 30 year sentence was subject to harmless or plain error review where the indictment failed to include essential element of drug quantity
• rejecting defendant’s Apprendi-based request for a new trial or resentencing where she stipulated to a drug quantity so that “drug type and quantity were no longer facts required to be determined by the jury”
• rejecting defendant’s Apprendi-based request for a new trial or resentencing where she stipulated to a drug quantity so that “drug type and quantity were no longer facts required to be determined by the jury”

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