Legal Opinion
United States v. Kevyn Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 11, 2015No. 13-2978; 13-2978PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Kevyn Taylor filed a motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) seeking a reduced sentence on his convictions for drug trafficking. He argued that his imprisonment range under the United States Sentencing Guidelines had been lowered by retroactive Amendment 750, which, among other changes, made permanent the reduction ’to the amount of marijuana deemed equivalent to one gram of crack cocaine for purposes of determining offense levels in drug cases involving more than one drug. The district court concluded that Taylor’s sentencing range had not been lowered and that the court…
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