Published on: Sunday, January 1, 2023

A Mississippi federal court declared opposition to federal sentencing guidelines for methamphetamine offenses, and sentenced an admitted drug offender lower than prescribed by the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s guidelines.

Citing DEA date, the court rejected the guidelines' reasoning that purer methamphetamine is indicative of a defendant’s role in criminal drug trafficking because it is not based on empirical data. This reasoning is “divorced from reality.”

The case is United States v. Robinson, 21 CR 14-CWR-FKB-2.