United States Eighth Circuit

Defendants' cocaine base sentences are vacated where the retroactive amendments to the cocaine base Sentencing Guidelines permitted sentence modifications, but the district court lacked authority to impose sentences below the amended Guidelines range.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/04/2010
• Published 01/04/2010

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan T. Lehr, AUSA, argued, Omaha, NE, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alan Stoler, argued, Jerry Hug, on the brief, Omaha, NE, for appellee.