In an appeal from a district court's denial of defendant's motion to reduce his crack cocaine sentence under Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines, the denial of the motion is reversed where: 1) defendant's sentence was based on the Sentencing Guidelines because the parties based their plea agreement on the properly computed guideline range, and the stipulated sentence fell within this range; and 2) contrary to the ruling below, the court had authority to reduce defendant's sentence under 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c)(2).
Appellate Information
Filed October 26, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge McKay
Counsel
For Appellant:
Howard A. Pincus, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Denver, CO
For Appellee:
John M. Hutchins, Robert Mydans, Assistant United States Attorney, Denver, CO
