Legal Opinion
United States v. Mateo
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 24, 2009No. 14-1377PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ACKERMAN, Senior District Judge.
Jose Ramon Mateo appeals the District Court’s denial of his motion to reduce his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Mateo was convicted of a drug offense involving crack cocaine, but his sentencing range was ultimately calculated based on his status as a career offender. In his motion, Mateo sought a reduction in his sentence based on the Sentencing Commission’s recent amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines that retroactively lowered the base offense levels for crack cocaine offenses. Because the crack cocaine amendments do not…
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