Conspiracy to Traffick in Drugs with Counterfeit Mark,
Trafficking in Drugs with Counterfeit Mark, &
Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering
60 Months Instead of 327 Months
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Case Information
- Case Number: 1:21-CR-00112-MAC-CLS
- Case Title: USA v. W.R.
- Date: 10/12/2023
- District Court: Eastern District of Texas
- Location: Beaumont, TX
- Judge: Judge Marcia A. Crone
Brief Explanation
Our client was facing up to a combined 35 years in prison. The Sentencing Guideline calculation would be 262 to 327 months imprisonment in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Government filed a motion to revoke our client’s pretrial release. At the hearing on the revocation of the clients’ pretrial release, Cody Cofer cross-examined the lead case agent about the merits of the investigation and prosecution. On the drive home from court that day, Mr. Cofer received a call from the Government. The Government offered to allow the client to plead to a 5-year sentence.
Original Charges
- Offense: Conspiracy to Traffick in Drugs with Counterfeit Mark
- Statute: 18 U.S.C. § 371
- Punishment Range: 5 years in Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Outcome: 5 years in Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Offense: Trafficking in Drugs with Counterfeit Mark
- Statute: 18 U.S.C. § 2320(a)(4)
- Punishment Range: 10 years in Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Outcome: Dismissed upon motion of the Government, as to this defendant only.
- Offense: Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering
- Statute: 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)
- Punishment Range: 20 years in Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Outcome: Dismissed upon motion of the Government, as to this defendant only.
Guideline Calculation
- Total Offense Level: 37
- Criminal History Category: I
- Guideline Imprisonment Range: 210 months to 262 months
Had the client pleaded guilty or proceeded to trial and been convicted of all counts of the Second Superseding Indictment, the total offense level would be 39, producing a guideline imprisonment range of 262 months to 327 months.
Final Charges and Sentence
- Offense: Conspiracy to Traffick in Drugs with Counterfeit Mark
- Statute: U.S.C. § 371, 18 U.S.C. § 2320(a)(4)
- Outcome: 5 years in Federal Bureau of Prisons
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