United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's drug distribution sentence is vacated where defendant's sentence was not eligible for reduction under 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c)(2) because Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines did not apply to persons such as defendant who qualified as career offenders.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/21/2009
• Published 09/21/2009

Judges

• SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge., Before RILEY, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sam Bertolet, AUSA, argued, St. Louis, MO (Raymond M. Meyer, AUSA, on the brief), for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Felicia Annette Jones, AFPD, argued and on the brief, St. Louis, MO, for Appellee.