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Parties Involved:
Titus Parks
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Robert T. Dawson, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-4170

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Western District of Arkansas.

Titus Parks, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: September 24, 2007

Filed: October 12, 2007

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Titus Parks appeals the 151-month prison sentence imposed by the district

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 following his guilty plea to distributing a mixture or substance containing

cocaine base (crack cocaine). Citing United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005),

Parks challenges (1) the 100:1 quantity ratio used for sentencing crack-cocaine versus

powder-cocaine offenders, and (2) mandatory minimum sentences in drug cases.

Upon review, we hold that Parks’s appeal is without merit. See, e.g., United States

v. Castro-Higuero, 473 F.3d 880, 888 (8th Cir. 2007) (rejecting argument that Booker

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made mandatory minimum sentences unconstitutional); United States v. Spears, 469

F.3d 1166, 1176 (8th Cir. 2006) (en banc) (“[N]either Booker nor § 3553(a) authorizes

district courts to reject the 100:1 quantity ratio and use a different ratio in sentencing

defendants for crack cocaine offenses.”). 

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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