Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roderic E. SPRAGUE, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1998No. 19-55526PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOSKOWITZ, District Judge:
Appellant Roderic Sprague appeals from an order of the district court denying his motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for reduction of sentence. In Sprague’s motion for reduction of sentence, he argued that Amendment 484 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines (November 1,1993), which changed the law governing mixtures of controlled substances with other materials, was applicable to his sentence. The amendment excludes the weight of “materials that must be separated from the controlled substance before the controlled substance can be used,” such as packaging…
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