Legal Opinion
United States v. Austin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 2012No. 10-10001PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEA, Circuit Judge:
Lorenzo Austin was sentenced to a seventeen-year prison term pursuant to a plea agreement. Two years later, Austin filed a motion to reduce his sentence under 18 U. S.C. § 3582(c)(2), which the district court granted. While this case was pending, the United States Supreme Court decided Freeman v. United States, — U.S. -, 131 S.Ct. 2685, 180 L.Ed.2d 519 (2011). We conclude that Justice Sotomayor’s concurrence in Freeman controls this case because Austin’s plea agreement was a Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement (“(C) agreement”). Applying her…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- United States v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2011
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