United States v. Robert Miller

POSNER, Circuit Judge.,

The defendant pleaded guilty to possessing crack cocaine with intent to sell it, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and in 2010 he was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment (the bottom of the applicable guidelines range), which the district judge reduced by 20 percent — tp 168 months— the following year at the request of the government in exchange for cooperation given to it by the defendant.

Four years later the defendant sought a further reduction in his prison term, to 134 months, because Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines had made a retroactive two-level…