Legal Opinion
United States v. Spencer Peters
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 12, 2016No. 15-7442PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge DIAZ joined. Chief Judge GREGORY wrote a dissenting opinion.
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Spencer Peters appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(e)(2),- A jury convicted Peters of both conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine *574base, or “crack,” and a related firearms conspiracy. Given the quantity of cocaine base attributable to Peters, the district court applied the maximum base offense level for drug-trafficking crimes under the Sentencing…
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