United States v. Blandon

FILED JUL 14 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT CoURT clerk. u.s. magnet e. aankrupr¢y F()R THE ])]STR[CT ()F C()LUM];[A Courts for the D|str|ct of Co|umbla UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. Criminal Case No. 06-315 (GK) DEREK BLANDON, . Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Defendant’s sentencing hearing was held on May 24, 201 1. Two very significant legal issues were raised in the sentencing memoranda submitted by counsel prior to the hearing: (l) whether the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010,

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Stat. 2372 (2010), which reduced the mandatory minimum penalties for crack cocaine, among other…