Legal Opinion
United States v. Rivera
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 21, 2011No. Docket 10-1199-crPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge KATZMANN concurs in a separate opinion.
JOHN GLEESON, District Judge:
Gilberto Rivera is a crack cocaine offender who was convicted after trial and sentenced in 1996 to a 292-month term of imprisonment. On January 14, 2008, Rivera filed a motion in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) seeking a reduction of his sentence. Specifically, Rivera sought to benefit from the 2007 decisions by the United States Sentencing Commission (the “Commission”) to (a) reduce the sentences for offenses involving crack and (b) make the reductions…
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