United States v. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Relying on Amendment 711 to the sentencing guidelines, which retroactively lowered the base offense level for some drug *528crimes involving crack cocaine, Adam Williams moved under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for a reduced sentence. The district court denied his motion. We affirm.
In 2001 a jury found Williams guilty of conspn-ing to distribute 50 or more grams of crack, see 21 U.S.C. § 846, distributing 50 or more grams of crack, see id. at § 841(a)(1), and distributing 5 or more grams of crack, see id. His offenses were grouped together for sentencing under U.S.S.G. § 3D1.2(d), and the district…
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