United States v. Clarke

ORDER

Osmond Clarke was convicted in a crack-cocaine trafficking conspiracy in 1999 and sentenced to 211 months of imprisonment. The United States Sentencing Commission has since reduced the sentencing range for Clarke’s drug-related convictions and Clarke moved for a reduction in his sentence. The district court denied this motion, and we affirm.

I

In 1999, Clarke was convicted of three counts of distributing crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and one count of carrying a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). The evidence at trial showed that Clarke had been the “enforcer”…