United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's drug distribution sentence is affirmed, where Defendant was not eligible for a sentence reduction under Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines because, in light of the grouping rules under U.S.S.G. section 3D1.4, Amendment 706 did not lower the applicable guideline range.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/12/2009
• Decided 06/18/2009
• Published 06/18/2009

Judges

• Before:  W. FLETCHER, RONALD M. GOULD, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Allan D. Beiswenger, Anchorage, AK, for the defendant-appellant., Audrey J. Renschen (argued) and Jo Ann Farrington, Assistant United States Attorneys, and Nelson P. Cohen, United States Attorney, Anchorage, AK, for the plaintiff-appellee.