District Court, D. Maryland June 6, 1997, Criminal No. WMN-96-0398 (United States v. Carroll)

SENTENCING MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HERBERT N. MALETZ, Senior District Judge.1

A jury convicted Duane Carroll of one count of distributing heroin and one count of distributing cocaine, both in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). At trial, the government produced evidence that on August 20, 1996, Carroll sold 8.61 grams of heroin to a confidential informant in exchange for $200.