Defendant was charged with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession with Intent to Distribute a large amount of drugs containing fentanyl. He was facing a mandatory minimum federal guidelines sentence of 10 years and up to 20 years. Ms. Connolly negotiated a plea deal; the judge departed from the guidelines and imposed a sentence of 26 months.
Multiple Convictions Reversed
After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of 8 counts of burglary while in possession of a firearm, 12 counts of robbery with use of a deadly weapon, and 1 count of coercion. Ms. Connolly successfully argued on direct appeal that the defendant’s constitutional...
