United States v. Golden, No. 12-1812 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base. After receiving two downward departures from his sentence, defendant moved for a third downward departure due to an amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines in 2010. The court affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion because the bottom of his guideline range remained 240 months.
Court Description: Criminal case - Sentencing. The 2010 Guideline amendments did not affect defendant's statutory minimum sentence which remained at 240 months and the district court did not err in denying his motion for a further reduction.
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