Nos. 03-2345 & 03-2915 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLARENCE HANKTON and GREGORY DAVIS, Defendants-Appellants. ____________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 01 CR 1—Charles R. Norgle, Sr., Judge. ____________ SUBMITTED MAY 8, 2006—DECIDED AUGUST 18, 2006 ____________

Before COFFEY, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. COFFEY, Circuit Judge. In November of 2002, Clarence Hankton and Gregory Davis each pled guilty to possessing, with the intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).1 After conducting a sentencing hearing, during which the government introduced a plethora of evidence concerning the drug and gang activities of both defendants, the district judge sentenced Hankton to a term of 300 months and Davis to 210 months. Both men ap-

1 In the case of Hankton, cocaine base, commonly known as “crack” cocaine. 2