United States Fourth Circuit

District court's reduction of defendant's sentence for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and distribution of powder cocaine, following amendment to Sentencing Guidelines, is affirmed, where the district court: 1) did not clearly err in holding that it had not originally made a finding that rendered defendant ineligible for the reduction, i.e. that he was responsible for any specific amount above 1.5 kilograms of crack cocaine; 2) did not err in exercising its discretion not to make additional findings; and 3) did not abuse its discretion in concluding that defendant was eligible for a sentence reduction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2013
• Published 03/04/2013

Judges

• MOTZ

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel