United States Fifth Circuit

In a case involving the retroactive application of an amendment to the federal sentencing guidelines applying a two-level reduction for all crack offenses, defendant's request for counsel to represent him in his appeal of a motion for reconsideration of an order resentencing defendant without allowing him an attorney is granted where the interests of justice required that counsel be appointed to address the issues to be raised on appeal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/10/2008
• Published 09/11/2008

Judges

• REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, STEWART and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Clarence Robinson, Big Spring, TX, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• C. Richard Baker, Asst. U.S. Atty., Lubbock, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.