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U.S. v. AYERS

No. 10-3069.

795 F.3d 168 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. Lee AYERS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 31, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly G. Dyer , Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the briefs was A.J. Kramer , Federal Public Defender.

John V. Geise , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Ronald C. Machen, Jr. , U.S. Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman and Elizabeth H. Danello , Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKINS.

Federal law disparately treats equal weights of powder and crack cocaine. The "crack/powder disparity" has been the subject of numerous lawsuits and policy proposals; it has reached the Supreme Court and been debated in Congress. This case presents an apparently novel question: whether a district court must consider the crack...

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