Legal Opinion
United States v. Redd
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 2011No. 09-3799PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Timothy Redd was convicted in 2005 of distributing crack cocaine and was sentenced to 405 months’ imprisonment. In 2007 the Sentencing Commission reduced the Guideline ranges for crack offenses (Amendment 706, effective November 1, 2007). The next year it made that change retroactive (Amendment 712, effective March 3, 2008). This allowed prisoners whose ranges had been affected by the change to seek lower sentences under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). See Dillon v. United States, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 2683, 177 L.Ed.2d 271 (2010). Redd swiftly took advantage of this…
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- United States v. HealySupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. Escobar-UrregoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
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