Legal Opinion

United States v. Battle

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided February 12, 2013No. 12-3005PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Shawn Battle filed a motion for sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) following Amendments 750 and 759 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, which retroactively adjusted Battle’s advisory Guidelines range. U.S.S.G. app. C, amends. 750 & 759. The district court granted the motion in part, granting a two-level reduction rather than the four-level reduction Battle requested. Although the court found at Battle’s first sentencing that he was responsible for more than 1.5 kilograms of crack cocaine, the court did not make a specific quantity finding. At…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Dillon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  2. Freeman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. United States v. WaltonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. David Sklar, United States of America v. David SklarCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  5. Kiowa Indian Tribe v. HooverCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. United States v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2014
  2. United States v. LuceroCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
  3. United States v. PiperCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2016
  4. United States v. Spencer PetersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2016
  5. United States v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2018

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