Legal Opinion

United States v. Davenport

District Court, M.D. Alabama

Decided August 29, 2018No. CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 2:11cr191-MHTPublished

1Opinion of the Court

Myron H. Thompson, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

With Amendment 782 in 2014, the United States Sentencing Commission revised the Sentencing Guidelines applicable to the drug-trafficking offense for which this court sentenced defendant Jason Terrell Davenport. The Commission simultaneously promulgated Amendment 788, making Amendment 782 retroactive. This court established a Retroactivity Screening Panel to determine whether defendants such as Davenport might be eligible for a sentence reduction.

Davenport's case was submitted for review, but the Panel was unable to reach a unanimous…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Dillon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  4. Clark v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  5. Peugh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013

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