United States Ninth Circuit

In a drug distribution prosecution, the denial of Defendant's motion to reduce his sentence is affirmed, where Defendant's sentence was based on the statutory mandatory minimum, not on a Sentencing Guidelines range that was affected by Amendment 706 to the Guidelines.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/07/2009
• Decided 08/14/2009
• Published 08/14/2009

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:, Before BETTY B. FLETCHER, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Donahoe, Federal Defenders of Montana, Helena, MT, for the defendant-appellant., William W. Mercer, United States Attorney, Billings, MT for the plaintiff-appellee.