Butterworth v. United States

KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.

Ryan Butterworth was convicted by a jury in 2007 on federal criminal charges arising from his involvement in a crack-cocaine distribution operation. He initiated a collateral attack on his sentence after the Supreme Court, in Alleyne v. United States, - U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 2151, 2155, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013), held that any fact leading to the imposition of a .mandatory minimum sentence must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. The district court denied Butter-worth’s motion for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Butterworth’s appeal presents us with an issue of…