Opinion ID: 2977853
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Heading: Elliot Senior’s Sentence

Text: As for Elliot Senior, the district court imposed a sentence of 202 months’ imprisonment. This accounted for two state-court convictions: one related to a June 29, 1993 cocaine sale, and one to a July 1, 1993 marijuana sale, both made to the same undercover police officer. The district court viewed these convictions as unrelated for career offender purposes and applied an enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 4B 1.1(a). This yielded a 262-to-327-months Guidelines range. The district court then commented that “my starting point will be in the guidelines, but it will be at the bottom of the -3- Nos. 07-5791 and 07-5798 United States v. Jimmy Elliott, Jr. and Jimmy Earl Elliott, aka Jimmy Elliott, Sr. guideline range.” The district court next sustained a § 5K 1.1 motion and departed downward by 60 months. Finally, the court determined that the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors warranted a Guidelinesbased sentence of 202 months’ imprisonment. Both defendants timely appealed.