U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 12-1226.

703 F.3d 464 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Willie Christopher JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott F. Tilsen , AFPD, Cape Girardeau, MO, for appellant.

Allison Hart Behrens , AUSA, Saint Louis, MO, for appellee.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, SMITH and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


RILEY, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted Willie Johnson of three federal narcotics crimes. Johnson appeals the district court's1 partial denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for a sentence modification. The district court reduced Johnson's prison sentence from 324 to 210 months because the United States Sentencing Commission (Commission) retroactively amended the crack cocaine sentencing...

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