Criminal - Sentence Reduction - Cocaine Amendment - Plea Bargain
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 6, 2009
The 4th Circuit splits from other federal circuits and says two cocaine defendants who plea-bargained for 168-month sentences in 1998 are eligible for sentence reduction after the retroactive amendment to the federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine offenses.
U.S. v. Dews (USCA) (VLW 009-2-001) (36 pp.)
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