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... Anthony Ishii signed an order that reduced Candler's concurrent sentences -- for possession of and conspiracy to possess crack cocaine for distribution -- to the time she's already served. Prosecutors agreed to the early release. Candler is the ... federal district trying a single judge approach to crack retroactivity How crack retroactivity is being applied in Massachusetts Notable new resource for those working on crack resentencing Interesting crack retroactivity letters sent around to judges

Sal Magluta, the last of the cocaine cowboys, was resentenced Thursday to 195 years in a federal prison. There will be an appeal. I think The Sal Magluta - Willie Falcon case is one of the most fascinating cocaine cases in South Florida's history. I have been ... of life as a humbled man who reads the Bible daily. ''I can't change the past, judge,'' he said, as his voice cracked. ``If I could . . . I would. I wake up every morning -- it's a constant reminder of the errors I have made. You pray, you ...

... in denying his motion for a new trial; 8) defendant was entitled to a sentence reduction for acceptance of re s! ponsibility; and 9) defendant was entitled to remand for resentencing pursuant to US v. Booker. Read more... U.S. 1st Circuit Court of ... , August 27, 2007 US v. Floyd, No. 06-1513 A sentence for offenses arising from a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and cocaine powder is vacated and remanded where the manner by which the district court reduced defendant's prior sentence of 48 ...

... a smaller number of pills actually recovered; 3) denied them the opportunity to personally address the court at their resentencing hearings; 4) violated Apprendi; 5) failed to apply a reduction to one defendant's base offense level ... determination of the facts. U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, April 03, 2008 US v. Taylor, No. 06-4112 Convictions and sentence for distribution of crack cocaine are affirmed where: 1) the erroneous admission of "bad acts" evidence was harmless; 2) other bad acts ...

... Court of Appeals, April 17, 2008 US v. Bush, No. 07-1307 Sentence for distributing crack cocaine is remanded for resentencing where it is unclear from the record whether the district court would have imposed a lesser sentence had it ... and 3) it erred by refusing to consider dismissed quantities of crack cocaine in calculating the sentence. U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, April 16, 2008 In re: AFI Holding, Inc., No. 06-55033, 06-55070 In bankruptcy proceedings involving a bankrupt company that ...

... any interest in any of the items seized thus he lack the expectation of privacy required to challenge the seizure of the crack cocaine and gun; 2) defendant failed to timely appeal magistrate judge's ruling regarding court's decision to ... . A sentence pursuant to a plea to illegal reentry after deportation for an aggravated felony is reversed and remanded for resentencing before a different judge where: 1) the government was bound by a plea agreement after defendant's guilty plea was accepted by ...

... 13, 2008 US v. Davis, No. 05-2465 A conviction for distributing, and for conspiring to distribute, crack cocaine is reversed in part and remanded as to the conspiracy conviction where: 1) the jury was not instructed properly on how ... support the convictions for involuntary servitude. However, on cross-appeal, defendant-wife's sentence is remanded for resentencing where it was procedurally unreasonable because: 1) the evidence supported applying certain enhancements, and the district court failed ...

... No. 07-2608 A conviction for possessing a firearm and ammunition after being convicted of a felony and of distributing crack cocaine is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) a denial of a motion to suppress evidence obtained during a ... . 07-6166 A sentence pursuant to a plea to drug- and firearm-related offenses is vacated and remanded for resentencing where the government materially breached the plea agreement by asking the court to sentence defendant in a manner "that will protect society ...

... v. Martinez-Vega, No. 08-1083 Twenty-year sentence for possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute is affirmed, despite the fact that the trial court had misinformed ... 17, 2008 People v. Mills, No. 207, 208 In order to qualify for resentencing under the Drug Law Reform Act of 2005, class A-II felony drug ... supervision for a class A-II drug felony conviction, he no longer qualifies for resentencing for that particular conviction under the Act. Supreme Court of Delaware, December 17, 2008 ...

... 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) at sentencing and vacated the case and remanded for resentencing, observing that a sentencing court "'need not make detailed findings with respect to each § ... 3, 2009)). Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines reduced the offense levels associated with certain crack cocaine offenses. Similarly, in U.S. v. Montgomery, No. 08-12233, 2009 ... was sentenced as a career offender under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1, the crack cocaine base offense level played no ultimate role in his sentence, and ...