Legal Opinion

United States v. Hall

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 9, 2010No. 08-3809, 08-3811PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

DeWayne Hall and Calvin Key appeal the district court’s denial of their motions for a sentence reduction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on the retroactive crack-cocaine amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines. We reject their arguments and affirm. The district court was well within its discretion in finding each defendant responsible for distributing over 4.5 kilograms of crack cocaine, making them ineligible for a sentence reduction under the amended guidelines. The court’s findings were not inconsistent with its original sentencing findings and were therefore…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. Marvin Artley and Jerry McCoyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
  2. United States v. WoodsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  3. United States v. EasterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  4. United States v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  5. United States v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. United States v. Robert MannCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2013
  2. United States v. Aaron DavisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
  3. United States v. Maurice LaShane HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
  4. United States v. Gary WycheCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2014
  5. United States v. Spencer PetersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2016

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