Legal Opinion

United States v. Flores

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 2, 2016No. 16-1456PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Arturo Flores was sentenced below his applicable guidelines range to 168 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to possess and distribute heroin and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1). Flores later moved under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for a reduced sentence based on Amendment 782 to the sentencing guidelines, which retroactively lowered by two the base offense level for his crimes. The district court denied his motion after concluding *401that the original sentence appropriately-reflected the seriousness of the offense and Flores’s criminal history. We affirm.

For about a year Flores managed a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

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  2. United States v. Larry PurnellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
  3. United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  4. United States v. ClaytonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
  5. United States v. Verdin-GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2016

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