American Court System - Assignment Example

I recommend that the case concerning Jones February 6, 2005, in Sedgwick County, Kansas needs to be filed in the district court under state law on the premise that his assistance facilitated adequate evidence on Smith and Thompson to obtain convictions. Based on two prior convictions of Jones for possession of cocaine, it would be appropriate to file his case in federal court, where the highest sentences are available. On the other hand, because of his cooperation, it may be better to file the case in Sedgwick County, Kansas, and district court under state law.

Jones has been found to have possessed more than 50 grams of the drug as the Probation Department contends and his level of offense would have been 32, which, with category of III of the criminal history, would result in a sentencing range of 151 to 188 months. “After a jury trial at which Jones was found guilty of unlawfully possessing more than five grams of a substance containing cocaine base (commonly known as “crack”  844(a).  cocaine) in violation of 21 U.S.C.

§” (United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2012). The case against Smith can be file under federal law. In this case, Smith has sold cocaine to undercover agents on two occasions: July 12 and August 3, 2005. However, no previous offenses have been recorded against his, though he seems to have engaged in selling drugs to his friends and acquaintances for a while. Drug selling is one of the gravest crimes that affect society in the present day. Anybody engaging in such nefarious activities needs to be awarded the maximum punishment for the crime.

maximum punishment.