Legal Opinion
United States v. Doublin
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 23, 2009No. 08-30775PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Per curiam
Larry W. Doublin challenges the district court’s ruling that, in a sentence-reduction proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (authorizing limited discretionary sentence reductions), the sentence cannot be reduced below the minimum advisory sentence in the Sentencing Guidelines. AFFIRMED.
I
In 1996, Doublin was both convicted of, inter alia, distribution of crack cocaine and sentenced to 292 months’ imprisonment— the minimum sentence possible under the then-mandatory guidelines. Subsequently, United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), held the guidelines…
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