Legal Opinion
United States v. Pedro Rafael Caraballo-Martinez
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 2017No. 16-11772PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Pedro Caraballo-Martinez (“Caraballo”) appeals the district court’s denial of his renewed motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 8582(c)(2). Upon review of the record and the parties’ briefs, and with the benefit of oral argument, we conclude that the district court had authority to entertain Caraballo’s renewed § 3582(c)(2) motion but did not err in defying it. Thus, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Criminal Convictions.
On December 13, 1999, Caraballo and two codefendants carried out a violent abduction and ransom scheme, kidnapping a mother and her two young…
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