United States First Circuit
US v. Russell, 07-1790
Sentence of 180 months for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base is affirmed where the district court: 1) anticipated the holding in Kimbrough v. US; 2) considered the crack/powder disparity as a part of its individualized Section 3553(a) analysis at the most recent sentencing; and 3) imposed a reasonable sentence.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/06/2008
- Published 08/06/2008
Judges
- LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges, and BESOSA, District Judge.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- James M. Fox, for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Donald C. Lockhart, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Robert Clark Corrente, United States Attorney, and Kenneth P. Madden, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.