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UNITED STATES v. LANCASTER

No. 20-6571.

997 F.3d 171 (2021)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 7, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Eric Joseph Brignac , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. David A. Bragdon , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: G. Alan DuBois , Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Robert J. Higdon, Jr. , United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the opinion, in which Judge Quattlebaum joined. Judge Wilkinson wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.

Christopher Lancaster, who was sentenced in 2010 to 180 months' imprisonment for conspiracy to traffic in crack cocaine and cocaine powder, filed a motion in February 2020 under the First Step Act of 2018 to have his sentence reduced to the sentence that would have been imposed had the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 been in...

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