Description: Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of drugs within 1,000 feet of a school and maintenance of a place for the purpose of unlawfully distributing drugs.


On January 24, 2014, Warren appeared before Judge Carlos Murguia and pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public playground subsequent to a felony drug conviction, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 860(a), and one count of maintaining a premises for distribution of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public playground, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1).[1] On November 20, 2014, Judge Murguia sentenced Warren to four 180-month terms of imprisonment, to run concurrently; four six-year terms of supervised release, to run concurrently; and a $400 special assessment.[2] When Warren committed these offenses, he was serving a term of supervised release on a prior conviction in Iowa for other cocaine distribution offenses. The court revoked Warren's supervised release and sentenced him to a 36-month term of imprisonment, to be served consecutively to his 180-month sentence. Warren appealed both sentences, and the Tenth Circuit affirmed.[3] Warren filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, which was denied on June 6, 2016.

Outcome: Sentenced to 180 months imprisonment on each of Counts 1ss-4ss, to run concurrently with each other. Six (6) years supervised release on each of Counts 1ss-4ss to run concurrently with each other. $100 assessment on each of Counts 1ss-4ss.

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