UNITED STATES v. HUNTER

No. 21-1275.

12 F.4th 555 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronald HUNTER, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Andrew Goetz , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Laura Danielle Mazor , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEFENDER, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Andrew Goetz , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Laura Danielle Mazor , Benton Martin , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEFENDER, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee. Stephanie Franxman Kessler , PINALES STACHLER YOUNG & BURRELL CO., LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, Michael L. Waldman , Courtney L. Millian , ROBBINS, RUSSELL, ENGLERT, ORSECK, UNTEREINER & SAUBER, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Before: GUY, GIBBONS, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Drug enterprise hitman Ronald Hunter was convicted by a federal jury of murdering a 23-year-old woman outside a nightclub. He was sentenced to life in prison. Twenty-one years later, a different judge granted Hunter's motion for compassionate release. Based upon the fact that Hunter did not get...

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