Defendant’s drug and firearm sentence is affirmed where Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines affected only U.S.S.G. section 2D1.1(c), the portion of the Guidelines that sets forth the base offense level for crack cocaine offenses, and all other Guidelines provisions that affect the final offense level remain unchanged.
Read US v. Quinn, No. 08-6217
Appellate Information
Submitted: July 29, 2009
Decided and Filed: August 6, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Gilman
Counsel
For Appellant:
Frank W. Heft, Jr., Office of the Federal Defender, Louisville, KY
Patrick J. Bouldin, Office of the Federal Defender, Louisville, KY
For Appellee:
Terry M. Cushing, Assistant United States Attorney, Louisville, KY
Monica Wheatley, Assistant United States Attorney, Louisville, KY
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