Legal Opinion
United States v. Dryden
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 30, 2009No. 08-3310PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
After the United States Sentencing Commission decided to give retroactive effect to its recent amendment to the crack-cocaine guidelines, Edward Dryden moved under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for a reduction in his sentence. The district court denied the motion, agreeing with the government that a reduction would be barred by the Commission’s policy statement in U.S.S.G. § lB1.10(a)(2), because the amended guideline would not have reduced Mr. Dryden’s guideline sentencing range. Mr. Dryden appeals, raising the novel argument that the Commission’s policy statement results from…
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