Legal Opinion
United States v. Carter
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 29, 2010No. 08-20235PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Per curiam
Adrian Lewis Carter appeals the denial of his motion to reduce his sentence in response to a recent change to the federal sentencing guidelines for crimes involving crack cocaine. Because Carter’s sentence was based on a minimum prescribed by statute, we AFFIRM.
I. Background and Proceedings
In June 2005, Carter pleaded guilty to (1) possession, with intent to distribute, of 50 grams or more of a mixture containing cocaine base (i.e. crack cocaine), in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(iii), and (2) possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, in violation…
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3Cited by37 opinions
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