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28 Apr 2014, 6:10 pm
” The lawyer finds historical support for his position, noting (among other things) that the Supreme Court has started to look askance at the discriminatory application of the sentencing rules for powder and crack cocaine—and that that discrimination has fallen hardest on minorities. [read post]
10 Oct 2008, 3:14 pm
CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE, SENTENCING US v. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 8:13 am
United States, 11-9016, asks whether an amendment to the Fair Sentencing Act reducing the sentencing differential between crack- and powder-cocaine sentences applies retroactively. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 3:32 pm
If I want to do cocaine I’ve got to go find some seedy dealer who may murder me to sell it to me while I dodge cops, crack fiends, and my wife. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 8:29 pm
Liddell, No. 07-3373 Sentence for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base is affirmed in part in rem [read post]
14 May 2021, 10:30 am
United States, a case of statutory interpretation over the 2018 First Step Act, which Congress passed in part to make retroactive a 2010 law that reduced the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and power cocaine. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 9:52 am
United States (consolidated) Argued on April 17, 2012 Plain English Issue: Whether the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which reduced the sentences for defendants who are convicted of crack cocaine offenses, applies to defendants who were convicted before the Act went into effect but sentenced after it. [read post]
2 Aug 2007, 9:14 am
Kimbrough, the 19th case accepted by the court, revolves around the 100:1 cocaine to crack ratio. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 9:47 am
US, 128 S.Ct. 558 (2007), requires his sentence be vacated and remanded for resentencing. [read post]
25 Jun 2012, 3:49 am
US, the Court held that the provisions of the Fair Sentencing Act, which substantially reduced penalties for crack cocaine dealers and users, could be applied to those who committed their crimes before the Act’s effective date in 2010. [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 2:47 am
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 months to a new sentence of 42 months was inconsistent with proper sentencing procedure, and it should have considered a departure from the calculated range of 41 to 51 months, not from the vacated 48-month… [read post]
23 Jan 2009, 2:13 am
United States, district courts are entitled to reject and vary categorically from the crack-cocaine sentencing guidelines based on a policy disagreement with those guidelines. [read post]
12 Jun 2007, 12:55 am
Supreme Court to Review Disparity in Crack and Powder Cocaine Sentences
The Associated Press
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review whether judges are required to impose dramatically longer sentences for crack cocaine than for cocaine powder, stepping into a long-running dispute with racial overtones. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 9:39 am
United States, 11-5683, the Fair Sentencing Act case we know and love, of which more anon. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 3:27 pm
” He describes watching conservatives like Norquist and Keene testify against mandatory minimums or for last year’s Fair Sentencing Act, which corrected harsh disparities in penalties between crack and powder cocaine, as “electrifying. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 8:21 pm
" Via Sentencing Law and Policy, a federal judge in Iowa says he'll keep using the 1:1 crack powder cocaine ratio rather than the 18:1 contained in Fair Sentencing Act. [read post]
6 May 2024, 6:30 am
Russell (finding that different penalties for similar amounts of crack and cocaine violated Minnesota’s Equal Protection Clause); Ravin v. [read post]
9 Sep 2008, 2:25 pm
Moses, No. 074508 Conviction following plea of guilt to possession of crack cocaine and to being a felon in possession of a firearm was sentenced to 262 months' imprisonment is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the police officers' warrantless entry into the two residences was unsupported by probable cause and exigent circumstances; and therefore 2) defendant's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches was violated. [read post]
27 Oct 2008, 3:49 pm
Gomez-Gomez, No. 05-41461 Sentence for illegally reentering the United States is affirmed by the court sitting en banc, where a prior sex offense committed using constructive, i.e. nonphysical, force qualified as a "forcible sex offense" for sentence-enhancement purposes. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 8:08 am
Boynes, No. 06-4841 "After waiver of jury trial, conviction by court of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, distribution of crack cocaine, and use of a firearm to commit murder in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime is affirmed over claim that the district court erred in finding that defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to trial by jury. [read post]
