Legal Opinion
United States v. Lucero
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 15, 2013No. 12-2132PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRISCOE, Chief Judge.
Christopher Lucero appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to reduce his sentence, which he filed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Lucero, who was sentenced before the effective date of the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), asserts that the district court erred in failing to apply the FSA and its current statutory mandatory minimum sentencing scheme retroactively to reduce his sentence for possession of cocaine base. Specifically, Lucero raises the question of whether the “reduced crack cocaine mandatory minimum sentences of the [FSA] apply retroactively when a…
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