United States v. Douglas

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

In 2009, William Douglas and a co-conspirator engaged in a number of sales of cocaine base to an undercover agent in different locations in Maine. Thereafter, Douglas pled guilty to a one-count information charging him with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A) and 846 (2006). 1 Over the government’s objection, the district court ruled in substance that the reduced mandatory mínimums adopted by the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, Pub.L. No. 111-220, 124 Stat.…