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U.S. v. APONTE-GUZMÁN

No. 12-1180.

696 F.3d 157 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jorge APONTE-GUZMÁN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Héctor E. Gúzman, Jr. , Federal Public Defender, and Héctor L. Ramos-Vega , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Supervisor, Appeals Section, on brief for appellant.

Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Luke Cass , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In response to a national hue and cry about the disparity between sentences for powder cocaine offenses and crack cocaine offenses,1 the Sentencing Commission lowered the advisory guideline ranges for certain of the latter offenses. See USSG App. C, Amends. 748, 750. The Commission made it clear that the new guideline ranges applied retroactively. See USSG App. C, Amend. 759. Amendments 750 and 759 ...

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