Legal Opinion
United States v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2009No. 08-30231PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Tyrone Jackson appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for a sentence reduction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Jackson, who pled guilty to possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, contends that the district court should have reduced his sentence on the basis of Amendment 706 to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.”), which lowered the guideline ranges for crack cocaine offenses. Although the district court waived the mandatory minimum sentence in Jackson’s case, we hold that his sentence was nevertheless based on the statutory mandatory…
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