United States v. Anderson

ORDER

Defendant Dexter Anderson appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a reduced sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on the Sentencing Commission’s retroactive amendment of crack cocaine Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm because the district court correctly found that it was not legally authorized to reduce Anderson’s sentence.

In 2004, defendant Anderson was found guilty by a jury of several crack cocaine and firearm charges. Under the Sentencing Guidelines then in effect, his offense level was 44 and his criminal history was *130III. The Guidelines called for a life…