United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 97-2480EA
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United States of America,              *
                                       *
                    Appellee,          * Appeal from the United States
                                       * District Court for the Eastern
      v.                               * District of Arkansas.
                                       *
Alvin J. Johnson, also known as Albert *      [UNPUBLISHED]
Johnson,                               *
                                       *
                    Appellant.         *
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                            Submitted: September 16, 1997
                                Filed: September 19, 1997
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Before FAGG, BOWMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Alvin J. Johnson appeals from the guidelines sentence imposed by the district
court. On appeal, Johnson renews the challenge he made in the district court, namely,
the 100-to-1 sentencing ratio for crack versus powder cocaine violates Johnson's equal
protection and due process rights. Johnson's challenge, however, is foreclosed by our
decisions upholding the constitutionality of the 100-to-1 ratio. See, e.g., United States
v. Carter, 

, 1197-99 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam); United States v.
Jackson, 

, 1367 (8th Cir. 1995), cert. denied, 

(1996); see
also United States v. Jackson, 

, 1220 (8th Cir. 1995) (rejecting challenge
based on rule of lenity), cert. denied, 

(1996).

      Accoridngly, we affirm Johnson's sentence.

      A true copy.

             Attest:

                     CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.




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