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U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 05-13205.

456 F.3d 1353 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Aaron Eric WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 21, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peggy Morris Ronca, Jacksonville, FL, for U.S.

George Allen Couture and Rosemary T. Cakmis, Fed. Pub. Defenders, Clarence W. Counts, Jr., Asst. Fed. Pub. Def., Orlando, FL, for Wiliams.

Before BLACK, PRYOR and COX, Circuit Judges.

BLACK, Circuit Judge:

The Government appeals Aaron Eric Williams' 204-month sentence imposed for possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We conclude the district court erred in mitigating Williams' sentence based on (1) its generalized disagreement with Congress's policy of punishing crack cocaine offenders more severely than powder cocaine offenders through the 100-to-1 crack-to-powder drug quantity ratio, ...

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