Legal Opinion
United States v. Cardosa
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 28, 2010No. 09-1216, 09-1231PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
This decision addresses a single (and recurring) problem that arises in the two appeals before us — those of Edwin Rodriguez and Manuel Cardosa — which were argued together before the same panel and present variations on the theme. The problem arises where a defendant who is found guilty of (or pleads guilty to) a crack cocaine offense is classified at sentencing as a career offender, the judge then gives a sentence that varies or departs from the career offender guideline, and the defendant later seeks resentencing on the ground that the crack cocaine guidelines were…
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