Unpublished Dispositionunited States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Leroy Dean Scales, Defendant-appellant, 871 F.2d 1089 (6th Cir. 1989)
Annotate this CaseBefore ENGEL, Chief Judge and MERRITT and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges.
ORDER
The defendant appeals from the district court's judgment and sentence in this criminal case. 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a). The appeal has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon consideration, the panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a).
After a guilty plea, the district court convicted the defendant of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and conspiracy to unlawfully possess Food Stamps. 21 U.S.C. § 846; 18 U.S.C. § 371. The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 applied to these charges. However, the judges of the Middle District of Tennessee had previously declared the Sentencing Reform Act to be unconstitutional. United States v. Williams, No. 3-88-00014 (M.D. Tenn. June 23, 1988) (en banc). Therefore, the judges of the Middle District were imposing sentences not under the Sentencing Reform Act, but rather under the old law.
The Supreme Court has now decided the case of Mistretta v. United States, 109 S. Ct. 647 (1989). In that case, the Court held that the Sentencing Reform Act was constitutional. Therefore, any sentences imposed under the old law must be vacated.
In the present case, the judgment recites that it was not imposed under the Sentencing Reform Act. Therefore, we must vacate the judgment of the district court and remand for resentencing.
The judgment of the district court is vacated and the case is remanded under Rule 9(b) (6), Rules of the Sixth Circuit, for further proceedings.
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