Court Opinion

ID: 9491380
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 14:12:32.738574+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:54:42.277328
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HEANEY, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result of this case and recognize that we are bound by this court’s prior decisions regarding the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. Even so, I reiterate my belief that the sentencing disparity is unconstitutional and urge our court to reconsider this issue en banc. See United States v. Herron, 97 F.3d 234, 240 n. 9 (8th Cir.1996) (citing United States v. Willis, 967 F.2d 1220, 1226 (8th Cir.1992) (Heaney, J., concurring)).