Opinion ID: 3022894
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Denial of the Motion to Re-weigh

Text: Dair finally asserts that the District Court’s denial of his motion to re-weigh the drugs recovered from a sale he made in 1998 was improper. The denial of a motion to re-weigh is subject to the abuse of discretion standard. United States v. Orozco-Rodriguez, 60 F.3d 705, 707 (10th Cir. 1995). The drugs in question served as the basis for the distribution of cocaine base and distribution of cocaine base within 1000 feet of a school counts to which Dair pled guilty. It is undisputed that Dair committed both of these acts. Though Dair disputes the amount of cocaine base he sold in 1998–and though Dair’s counsel reserved the right to have its weight recalculated prior to Dair’s plea–the actual weight played no role in his ultimate sentence. This is because, in calculating his Guidelines range, the pre-sentence report incorporated the distribution and distribution within 1000 feet of a school counts into the conspiracy count to which Dair pled guilty. Pre-sentence report at para. 195. While it is true that Dair’s sale of cocaine base within 1000 feet of a school resulted in a 1-point increase in his offense level, id. at para. 197, the only weight relevant to his Guidelines range was the weight of cocaine and cocaine base handled by the conspiracy as a whole. Put simply, the weight of the drugs recovered after the 1998 sale had no effect on Dair’s sentence. Accordingly, the District Court did not abuse its discretion in denying Dair’s motion to re-weigh.