Byline: Derek Hawkins
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America v. Rex A. Hopper
Case No.: 20-1162
Officials: RIPPLE, HAMILTON, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Plain Error Sentencing
In February 2018, Rex A. Hopper was convicted of conspiracy to distribute fifty or more grams of a mixture containing methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a), 846, and 841(b)(1)(B). The district court initially sentenced Mr. Hopper to 235 months' imprisonment. On the previous appeal, we concluded that the district court had committed plain error in the calculation of the drug quantity for which Mr. Hopper was responsible and remanded the case to the district court. See...
