United States v. Duricco Johnson

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

In 2011, Duricco Johnson pled guilty to possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute and possessing a gun in furtherance of a drug crime. The district court sentenced him to sixty months’ imprisonment, departing from the 120-month mandatory minimum for repeat drug offenses because Johnson cooperated with the government. See 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e). Johnson now seeks a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), citing changes to the crack cocaine guidelines. The district court refused to grant the requested reduction, noting that Johnson’s motion was an…