United States Sixth Circuit

Absent an agreement of the parties, the plain language of FRCP rule 11(c)(1)(C) generally precludes the district court from using 18 U.S.C. section 3582(C) to alter the sentence in a plea agreement. This conclusion applies despite the retroactivity of a subsequent amendment to a relevant guideline used to determine the defendant's sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/06/2004
• Published 02/06/2004

Judges

• Before DAUGHTREY and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  HAYNES, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elizabeth S. Hughes (argued and briefed), Gess, Mattingly & Atchison, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant., Terry L. Peveler (briefed), Manchester, Kentucky, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Terry M. Cushing (argued and briefed), Candace G. Hill (briefed), Assistant United States Attorneys, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.