United States v. James Powers

James Lee Powers was sentenced to 108 months imprisonment after the district court 1 granted a partial reduction of his original 135 month sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582. On appeal, Powers argues that the district court abused its discretion in reducing his sentence to the top of the amended Guidelines range because (1) the district court considered that Powers fled from the police when he was arrested, which is an aspect of Powers’s offense that was already taken into account by the obstruction of justice enhancement, and (2) Powers’s rehabilitation, including his sobriety and perfect…