Opinion ID: 809637
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Heading: Davis’s Current Offense and Criminal History

Text: As to his current offense, Davis pled guilty to failing to disclose knowledge of illegal drug activity to authorities. However, it is undisputed that Davis was not only present at an undercover drug deal, but participated in that drug deal. Specifically, when the government’s confidential source met with Davis’s codefendant, Peter Thornton, to purchase cocaine, Davis left the area and returned with cocaine. Then, after the confidential source paid Thornton, Defendant Davis handed the cocaine to the confidential source. Further, Davis’s criminal history contains three prior drug-related convictions—two for selling cocaine and one for possessing marijuana. Although Davis served some prison time for these drug offenses, these relative short sentences did not deter him, and he committed the instant offense while still on 4 Case: 12-11598 Date Filed: 10/04/2012 Page: 5 of 7 probation for those earlier drug crimes. Specifically, in April 2005, Davis was arrested and charged with two counts of sale of cocaine. Davis pled guilty and received a five-year prison sentence. After serving less than a year, Davis was paroled in January 2006. Ten months later, in October 2006, Davis’s parole was revoked when he was arrested for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. In May 2007, Davis pled guilty to the lesser charge of possession of marijuana and received a two-year prison sentence. Davis was paroled again in April 2008. In December 2010, Davis was on probation for both state drug-related offenses when probation violation warrants were issued. And, Davis was still on probation for both state offenses when he committed the instant offense in August 2011.