Uncharged drug conduct at sentencing
Daniel Robert Beaty v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Daniel Robert Beaty asked the Supreme Court to review whether a defendant who pleads guilty to one drug offense can be held responsible at sentencing for unrelated conduct when he was not charged with a drug-conspiracy offense.
- Who it affects
- The denial ended Beaty’s request for Supreme Court review but did not answer how unrelated conduct may affect his sentence.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide that question.
Beaty’s petition raised a sentencing question about whether conduct beyond the offense he pleaded guilty to could count when setting his sentence.
Question presented
Can a defendant be found ’ responsible for relevant conduct unrelated to the single count of 21 U.S.C. §841(a)(l), (b)(1)(A) that he was charged and. pled guilty to when he was not charged with 21 U.S.C. §846?
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