United States Fifth Circuit
US v. Carter, 08-20235
In defendant's appeal from a denial of his motion to reduce his drug and firearm possession sentence in response to a recent change to the federal sentencing guidelines for crimes involving crack cocaine, the order is affirmed where defendant was subject to a statutory minimum sentence greater than the high end of his guideline calculation, whether calculated with or without the crack cocaine amendments.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/29/2010
- Published 01/29/2010
Judges
- PER CURIAM:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and SMITH and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit