Legal Opinion
United States v. Ricky Dixon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 2012No. 11-3802PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Ricky Dixon is serving a sentence for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. The district court denied his motion for a reduced sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on retroactive changes to the crack cocaine sentencing guidelines. The district court held that it lacked the authority to grant Dixon the relief he sought because his sentence was based not on a sentencing range that was subsequently lowered retroactively, but was instead based on his binding plea agreement. In light of the Supreme Court’s several opinions in Freeman v. United States, 564…
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- Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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- Freeman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- United States v. MelvinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
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