Legal Opinion
United States v. Dunn
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 15, 2011No. 09-3124PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.
GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:
Appellant James Dunn is serving consecutive prison sentences for possession of crack cocaine and murder. After a retroactive change in the federal Sentencing Guidelines, the district court reduced his drug sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), but concluded that it lacked authority to make that sentence concurrent rather than consecutive with his murder sentence. We affirm the district court’s judgment.
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In 1989, James Dunn was arrested and charged with second-degree felony murder under the laws of the District of…
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