Legal Opinion
United States v. Carl Stevenson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 23, 2014No. 12-3108PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Carl Stevenson has twice sought a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c), citing the retroactive changes to the crack cocaine offense guidelines. The district court granted his first motion but denied his second because further reduction would bring his sentence below the guidelines sentence imposed on career offenders like Stevenson. It would, however, contradict the Sentencing Commission’s policy statements to sentence Stevenson below the applicable career offender guideline. We affirm the decision below.
I. Background
In 1998, a jury found Stevenson guilty on…
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