Legal Opinion
United States v. Cook
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 12, 2010No. 09-3008PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the denial of a motion for the reduction of sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) in view of amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.”) reducing the base level offense for offenses involving crack cocaine. We join the other circuits in holding that section 3582(c)(2), which refers to sentences “based on a guideline range subsequently lowered by the Sentencing Commission,” applies only to a sentence that is determined by a guideline range. Because Cook was sentenced to the mandatory…
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