Sentencing Guidelines Resentencing.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Dennis D. Jackson

Case No.: 18-3534

Officials: FLAUM, SYKES, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines Resentencing

Dennis Jackson was convicted of multiple drug charges and sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment. He appeals his convictions on the grounds that the district court erred in allowing certain recordings and testimony into evidence; he also challenges his sentence, seeking a reduction in light of the First Step Act. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

Affirmed

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