United States v. Benson

ORDER DENYING MOTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)

TURNER, District Judge.

Defendant Michael Ray Benson, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at Memphis, has filed a motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(e)(2), seeking to reduce the sentence imposed for his federal narcotics conviction.

A federal grand jury indicted Benson and a co-defendant on June 9,1992, for one count of possession of 101 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On August 11, 1992, a jury returned a guilty verdict. On October 30,1992, the court conducted a sentencing hearing and,…