U.S. v. BYERS

Nos. 08-2014, 08-2181, 08-2189.

561 F.3d 825 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jasen BYERS, Edward D. Robertson, and Johnny D. Guess, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laine Cardarella, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO (Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Fed. Public Defender, on the brief), for appellants.

Lajuana M. Counts, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO (John F. Wood, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MURPHY and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and LIMBAUGH, District Judge.


SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Jasen Byers,2 Edward D. Robertson, and Johnny D. Guess (collectively, "appellants"), each incarcerated for cocaine offenses, appeal from the district court's denial of their 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motions for sentence reductions. They each filed their motions to reduce their sentences based on a recent amendment to the Guidelines, which, if applicable, reduces the base offense level derived from the cocaine base...

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