Jermaine Smartt, the Guyanese man who admitted to smuggling cocaine into the United States last year by swallowing 39 pellets filled with the drug, is expected to be sentenced to between 12 and 18 months in jail. In a letter to Judge Frederic Block, United States Attorney Richard P. Donoghue has requested the sentence, which is within the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
“If he provides a complete statement regarding the instant offence, and the government determines that his account is truthful, the government will so inform the Court. For the foregoing reasons, the government respectfully requests that the Court impose a sentence within the Guidelines range of 12 to 18 months in prison,” the US attorney wrote in his letter, which was seen by Stabroek News.
A sentencing memorandum on the case, which was filed with the court, is under seal.
According to Donoghue, on September 7th, 2017,
