Legal Opinion
United States v. Reevey
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 14, 2010No. 10-1812, 10-1834PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
VANASKIE, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals present the question of whether the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, Pub.L. No. 111-220, 124 Stat. 2372 (2010) (“FSA”), may be applied retroactively to authorize the District Court to impose a sentence below the prescribed mandatory minimum prison term in effect at the time the Appellants were sentenced. We answer the question in the negative, and thus affirm the sentences imposed by the District Court.
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On December 7, 2009, Appellant Richard Reevey pled guilty to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute…
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