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U.S. v. ALANIZ

No. 19-1439.

961 F.3d 998 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alejandro ALANIZ, also known as Alex, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 5, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Moss , Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO ( Laine Cardarella , Fed. Public Defender, on the brief), for appellant.

Brian P. Casey , Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO ( Timothy A. Garrison , U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

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

[Published]

In 1997, Alejandro Alaniz was convicted of various drug offenses and received a life sentence, which is precisely what the Sentencing Guidelines required at the time. U.S.S.G. ch. 5, pt. A (1995). In 2014, the Guidelines changed and retroactively reduced the range to 360 months to life. U.S.S.G. supp. to app. C, amend...

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