U.S. v. TELLIS

No. 12-12596.

748 F.3d 1305 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emory Lee TELLIS, a.k.a. Emmit, a.k.a. Fat Head, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karin Bethany Hoppmann , Yvette Rhodes , John P. Moran , Robert E. O'Neill , U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, Vincent A. Citro , Peggy Morris Ronca , Tanya Davis Wilson , U.S. Attorney's Office, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Rosemary Cakmis , Tracy N. Dacruz , Donna Lee Elm , Federal Public Defender's Office, Orlando, FL, Megan Saillant , Law Offices of Megan Saillant, Daytona Beach, FL, Adeel Bashir , Federal Public Defender's Office, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before MARTIN and HILL, Circuit Judges, and FULLER, District Judge.


MARTIN, Circuit Judge:

Emory Lee Mr. Tellis is currently serving a 188-month sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy to sell crack cocaine. In this appeal he challenges the district court's denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion to reduce his sentence based on Amendment 750 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines (USSG). After a careful review of the parties' briefs and the relevant caselaw, and with the benefit of oral argument, we affirm.

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