United States v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

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10 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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1. “Mr. Thomas was sentenced as a career offender, and his sentencing range was therefore determined by § 4B1.1, not by § 2D1.1. Although the Sentencing Commission lowered the offense levels in USSG § 2Dl.l(e) related to crack-cocaine drug quantities, it did not lower the sentencing range for career offenders under USSG § 4B1.1, which is what set Thomas’s sentencing range. Mr. Thomas has therefore not met the eligibility requirements for a reduction in his sentence. Application of Amendment 706 would not lower Thomas’s applicable guideline range.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Moore

2. “[I]n the case of a defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(o), upon motion of the defendant or the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, or on its own motion, the court may reduce the term of imprisonment, after considering the factors set forth in section 3553(a) to the extent that they are applicable, if such a reduction is consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. McGee