United States v. Watts

MEMORANDUM RE: DEFENDANT’S MOTION REGARDING APPLICATION OF THE FAIR SENTENCING ACT OF 2010 (Dkt. No. 69) 1

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The narrow question raised by this pretrial motion is whether, if Antoine Watts is convicted of possessing with intent to distribute five grams or more of crack cocaine, the court will be compelled to impose a minimum mandatory sentence of at least five years on him, or will have the discretion to impose a lower sentence as permitted by the recently enacted Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (“FSA”). Pub. L. No. 111-220,124 Stat. 2372 (2010).

The broader…