Opinion ID: 734735
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Heading: Sentencing for Offenses Involving Crack Cocaine

Text: 6 Clay argues that the statutes and sentencing guidelines used to sentence him are unconstitutionally vague and violate the equal protection and due process clauses because they impose a 100:1 ratio for powder cocaine to crack cocaine. The Sixth Circuit has already held that Clay's arguments are meritless. See United States v. Bingham, 81 F.3d 617, 630 (6th Cir.1996) (no equal protection violation), cert. denied, 117 S.Ct. 250 (1996); United States v. Tinker, 985 F.2d 241, 242 (6th Cir.1992) (no equal protection or due process violations), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 1040 (1993); United States v. Smith, 73 F.3d 1414 (6th Cir.1996) (not unconstitutionally vague). 7