Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Denial of Crack Amendment Relief Reversed

U.S. v. Price, 08-5048 (10/31/08) (unpub'd) - The 10th overturns the denial of crack amendment relief because the district court applied the wrong drug quantity level to rule the guideline range had not been lowered by the amendment. The court thought the original sentencing court had found a much higher amount than it actually had.