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Submitted: October 19, 2010

Before SMITH, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

A jury convicted Marco Jeanpierre of one count of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, nine counts of distribution of crack cocaine, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Prior to trial, the government filed an information pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 851 advising Jeanpierre that it intended to seek an enhanced sentence from the statutory mandatory minimum term of ten years to 20 years based on his prior state conviction for a felony drug offense. At sentencing, the district court*fn1 sentenced Jeanpierre to the enhanced statutory mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, Jeanpierre asserts that he is entitled to a new trial because the government repeatedly failed to provide discovery in a timely fashion in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963). He also asserts that the government abused its discretion in filing the information pursuant to § 851 or, in the alternative, exceeded its authority and the intent of the statute because Congress did not intend the sentencing enhancements to apply to a low-to-mid-level retailer or “street-level” offender. We affirm.

 
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