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U.S. v. ROA-MEDINA

No. 08-2490.

607 F.3d 255 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eddy ROA-MEDINA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 2, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth R. Aframe, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom John P. Kacavas, United States Attorney, Michael J. Gunnison, Acting United States Attorney, and Aixa Maldonado-Quiñones, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Chauncey B. Wood, Wood & Nathanson LLP, for appellant.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ("Reform Act") authorizes the district courts to modify a term of imprisonment for a defendant who was sentenced "based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission." 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). In this case, defendant Eddy Roa-Medina was originally sentenced to a statutory minimum term of imprisonment of 120 months for distributing cocaine base ("crack"). He was then...

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