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4th Circuit not up for ‘reading tea leaves’

October 24th, 2007 · No Comments · Judge James R. Spencer, Sentencing

Maybe a defendant convicted of drug conspiracy deserves a break because most of his crack distribution occurred during the three-year period before he turned 19.
But what if the defendant, “K-Smooth,” was one of the few members of the 30-odd defendants from Petersburg’s “Third Ward Gang” to go to trial in Richmond federal district court? Criminal […]

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