ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has rejected a former Aspen resident’s claim that the government was being vindictive when it sentenced him to 20 years in prison for a cocaine-trafficking conviction.
A three-judge panel ruled that Montgomery Chitty failed to prove that prosecutors sought a long prison sentence in retaliation for Chitty’s decision to take the case to trial. Authorities say Chitty was part of a drug ring that distributed hundreds of pounds of cocaine in Aspen.
Chitty currently is in federal prison.
According to the Aspen Times (https://tinyurl.com/qecl95b ), Chitty’s court-appointed attorney, Paula Ray, said Chitty is running out of options. She says chances of having the U.S. Supreme Court hear the case are slim.
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Information from: The Aspen Times, https://www.aspentimes.com/
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