United States First Circuit

The district court's denial of defendant's request to reduce his sentence for crack-cocaine related offenses, pursuant to the 2011 Sentencing Guidelines amendment is affirmed, where: 1) the district court did not err in concluding that defendant was ineligible to receive such a reduction; and 2) section 1B1.10(b)(2)(B) of the Sentencing Guidelines bars a district court from lowering a defendant's below-guideline sentence unless the departure at his original sentencing was based on his substantial assistance to the government.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/05/2013
• Published 07/05/2013

Judges

• THOMPSON

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel