UNITED STATES v. WINTERS

No. 20-30138.

986 F.3d 942 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jonathan WINTERS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Mignonne Griffing , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Dustin Charles Talbot , Rebecca Louise Hudsmith, Esq. , Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Middle & Western Districts of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Barksdale, Southwick, and Graves, Circuit Judges.


Jonathan Winters was convicted in 2010 for a dual-object conspiracy involving both crack cocaine and powder cocaine. He sought a reduction of his 233-month sentence under the First Step Act of 2018, which permits district courts to apply the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactively to sentences for certain crack...

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