Legal Opinion
United States v. Beard
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 2014No. 13-2871PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Marlon Beard appeals from an order denying his motion to reconsider the rejection of his request for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Beard was seeking that reduction based on the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 and its implementing amendments to the sentencing guidelines. The Sentencing Commission has made those amendments retroactive. His appeal, however, founders on a fundamental problem: the district court had no authority to order the relief that Beard sought. Its judgment denying relief was therefore correct.
Beard pleaded guilty in 2005 to possessing…
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