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Date: 11-06-2025
Case Style: United States of America v. Byron Blake
Case Number: 06-CR-30146
Judge: Nancy J. Rosenstengel
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (St. Clair County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office in East St. Louis
Defendant's Attorney:
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Description: East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a sentence reduction. See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).
In March 2007, after a federal and state investigation into suspected drug dealers, Blake was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fifty or more grams of cocaine base, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), 846, one count of distribution of fifty or more grams of cocaine base, see § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), and one count of distribution of cocaine, see § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C). Blake’s codefendant, Ryan Ivory, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fifty or more grams of cocaine base. See §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), 846.
At trial, Ivory testified that from March 2005 to October 2006, Blake would “front†him crack and powder cocaine, and after Ivory sold the drugs, he would repay Blake. Ivory testified that at the start of this arrangement, Blake would sell him
one-ounce quantities of crack or powder cocaine every three days. Ivory later testified that he bought 4.5 ounces of “usually crack†from Blake on a weekly basis. A confidential informant testified that he and another informant purchased a total of 16.5 ounces (or .46 kilograms) of crack from Blake through Ivory. A special agent, Jeffrey Matthews, also testified that Blake was a supplier of crack cocaine to several distributors in the area. The jury found Blake guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and distribution of base and powder cocaine. See §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1), 846
Outcome: The Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 450 months in prison.
Is application for sentence reduction was denied.
Affirmed.
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