Legal Opinion
United States v. Damon Joiner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2013No. 12-4508PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
In 2007, defendant-appellant Damon Joiner pled guilty to distribution and possession, with intent to distribute, of 129.77 grams of cocaine base (crack cocaine), in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), and (b)(1)(B). Although Joiner was subject to a 240-month statutory minimum penalty, the government moved for a downward departure based on substantial assistance, and Joiner was sentenced to 107 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised releáse. Following the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 and the corresponding crack-cocaine-guideline amendments…
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