US v. Maxwell, No. 09-1510

Defendants' cocaine base sentences are vacated where the retroactive amendments to the cocaine base Sentencing Guidelines permitted sentence modifications, but the district court lacked authority to impose sentences below the amended Guidelines range.

Read US v. Maxwell, No. 09-1510

Appellate Information

Submitted: October 20, 2009

Filed: January 4, 2010

Judges

Opinion by Judge Wollman