Crack Cocaine Sentence Reductions
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After the Sentencing Commission lowered the base offense levels for crack cocaine offenses and made the amendments retroactive, Smith filed a motion Sentence reductions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) involve a two-step process. … Read More
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
reductions to offense levels involving crack cocaine in light of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-220, 124 Stat. 2372. McPhearson filed a second motion to reduce his sentence pursuant to these reductions, which the government did not oppose. … Retrieve Full Source
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT …
Sentencing Guidelines for crack cocaine and the denial of his motion for does not apply to sentence reductions under § 3582(c)(2) because such proceedings are not full resentencings. … Fetch This Document
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Serving crack cocaine sentences to seek sentence reductions that went into effect on November 1. On February 12, 2008, Judge Shubb sided with AFD David Porter and … View Doc
So Your Total sentence, Mr. Prikakis, Is Five Hundred Fifty …
Of that same year, she sold small amounts of crack cocaine to an undercover officer and a sentence reductions.13 Savory McCuff, who was originally sentenced to 180 months later … Access Full Source
Dillon V. United States (09$6338)
The Guidelines were only advisory, not mandatory, and Congress retroactively reduced the Guideline range for crack cocaine offenses. Dillon filed a motion to have his sentence the issue of whether the Federal Sentencing Guidelines are binding or merely advisory on retroactive sentence reductions. … Get Document
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT – Fed. R …
sentence reductions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Because defendants were sentence under guideline Amendment 706, which reset the crack cocaine guidelines. … Doc Viewer
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Not eligible for sentence reductions because of Amendment 706. United States v. Wesson, No. 08-30177, 2009 WL 3336020, at *3-4 (9th Cir. Oct. 19, 2009). The mere fact that the district court considered the difference between the crack cocaine Guidelines ranges and the career offender Guidelines … Retrieve Document
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Did your offense of conviction involve cocaine base (crack cocaine)? _____Yes _____No _____Don’t know the offense levels for cocaine base (crack cocaine)? _____Yes _____No _____Don’t know 12. Was your sentence based on an agreement with the Government for a specific … Fetch Doc
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES OF …
Appropriate way to calculate reductions under the new guidelines for crack cocaine, if Mr. Hedgebeth is found eligible for the reduction, the appropriate sentence would be 39 months. … View Full Source
U.S. Sentencing Commission Public Meeting Transcript (June 30 …
16 make conforming penalty reductions in the Guidelines 17 that pertain to crack cocaine, quote, "as soon as 17 Federal crack cocaine sentence that was handed down 18 pursuant to that law. … Get Doc
The Many (Opaque) Echoes Of Compromise Crack Sentencing Reform
Legislators still expressing concern about the symbolic and practical impact of drastic reductions in crack sentencing crack cocaine needed to trigger a five-year mandatory minimum prison sentence and raised from 50 … Fetch Document
DATE: May 1, 2009 TO: ALL UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS ALL FIRST …
Higher sentencing ranges, the Act used a 100: 1 ratio for powder and crack cocaine. Thus, the threshold for a sentence of ten years to life imprisonment change in Department policy does not authorize reductions in previously imposed crack cocaine … Access Document
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Recency amendment is not intended to address a fundamental fairness issue like the crack cocaine amendment, and that potentially 43,000 sentence reductions motions could overburden the … Access Content
United States Court Of Appeals
By the dissent did not give legal effect to an “original sentence” that was later vacated.4 Similarly, the crack cocaine sent ence reduction cannot be calculated from As a consequence, when the two men filed motions for sentence reductions under § … Access Full Source
Pathfinder On The Retroactive Application Of The New crack …
Pathfinder on the retroactive application of the new crack cocaine sentencing guidelines appropriate and it results in the prisoner’s sentence being reduced to time served. Some defendants may receive reductions off their sentences but still have time left. … Access Content
Hearing On Retroactivity Of The Crack Cocaine Guideline Amendment
Have been engaged on the issue of crack cocaine sentencing policy for many years. sentence reductions. The Department notes that a recidivism study published by the … Retrieve Doc
RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant To Sixth …
This is an appeal from an order gran ting defendant’s motion to reduce his crack cocaine sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Sentence reductions under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) are not full sentencing proceedings. … Read Content