9th Circ. Overturns Meth Sentence Over Enhancement

By Elizabeth Daley ( February 19, 2026, 12:53 PM EST) -- A man sentenced to five years in prison for importing methamphetamine with an enhancement for obstructing justice after contacting witnesses in his case is entitled to have his sentence reconsidered since the court did not properly find that he had in fact obstructed justice, a split Ninth Circuit has found....

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