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UNITED STATES v. CLOWERS

No. 20-13074.

62 F.4th 1377 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pinkney CLOWERS, III, a.k.a. Boo Boo, a.k.a. Dog, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: March 14, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle Lee Schieber , U.S. Attorney Service-Middle District of Georgia, U.S. Attorney's Office, Department of Justice, Macon, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jonathan Dodson , Christina Lee Hunt , Federal Public Defender's Office, Macon, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Jill Pryor, Grant, and Anderson, Circuit Judges.

The First Step Act offers a meaningful benefit: the retroactive application of specified provisions of the Fair Sentencing Act. But that benefit is limited. The Act permits a district court to reduce an eligible defendant's sentence "as if" the Fair Sentencing Act "were in effect at the time the covered offense was committed...

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