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- Title: United States V. Silverman
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 22, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 105 KB
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WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge. Defendants, Ira Silverman, Gary Caton, and Morris Woodard, have appealed from their guidelines sentences received by reason of guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute drugs. The Chief Judge directed that their separate appeals be consolidated because he determined that "they involve similar legal questions under the Confrontation Clause."*fn1 In each case, the sentencing Judge increased the sentence imposed beyond that which reflected the quantity of drugs involved in the particular count or counts to which the defendant had pleaded guilty. The sentence in each case reflected other drug activity of the particular defendant based upon hearsay testimony or evidence, and this activity was found by a preponderance of the evidence by the district court to be "relevant conduct." This relevant conduct determination was the basis for the sentences imposed, which are the subject of these consolidated appeals. Although it is uncertain whether each of the defendants raised the confrontation issue in a timely manner, we discuss the contentions of each defendant separately and the applicable circumstances in his particular case. We AFFIRM each of the sentences.