Opinion ID: 75617
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The PSI

Text: 12 The record reflects that Greene never reviewed the PSI with Hagins before the day of the sentencing hearing. 1 Hagins now argues that if Greene had compared the PSI to the trial transcript, he would have noticed the discrepancy between Johnson's testimony at trial, i.e. that Hagins provided one of two drug amounts that Johnson gave Everette, and his statement to the probation officer preparing the PSI that Hagins had provided both of the drug quantities Everette received. Hagins cannot demonstrate, however, that Greene's failure to review the PSI with him prior to sentencing prejudiced him in any way. 13 Hagins essentially argues that the drug weight of one of the two transactions was improperly counted against him when his sentence under the guidelines was calculated. Hagins' sentence was based on an attribution to him of 50 to 100 grams of crack. Hagins argues that if only one buy was attributed to him, as supported by the trial testimony, he would only have been responsible for 22.8 grams and the mandatory minimum sentence would not have been applicable. See Appellant's Brief, at 18. Hagins ignores, however, the evidence at trial which attributed to him substantially more than 50 grams. Agent Gannon testified that Hagins admitted to him in their interview that Hagins had progressed into the quarter kilogram weight . . . during the last year. Ex. Vol.4-174-177. Hagins also admitted to Gannon that he had purchased a quarter of a kilogram (250 grams) of cocaine on his last trip to Florida with Johnson, and on the trip during which he was arrested he was carrying $10,000 to purchase a half a kilogram (500 grams). Id. Johnson also testified that he traveled to Augusta, Georgia three or four times with Hagins to purchase three to four ounces of crack each time. 2 Because of the evidence presented at trial about the large quantity of cocaine and crack Hagins was buying and selling, he cannot demonstrate that he was prejudiced by Greene's failure to challenge the drug quantity attributed to him on the PSI.