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UNITED STATES v. CAVER

No. 21-3753.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CALVIN CAVER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 7, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Jay R. Carson , Mary E. Dennison , WEGMAN HESSLER VALORE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant.

Adam J. Joines , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, KETHLEDGE, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges

OPINION

At the time of Calvin Caver's sentencing, the federal drug laws subjected Caver to a mandatory term of life imprisonment because he conspired to distribute more than 50 grams of "crack" cocaine and had committed three prior "felony drug offenses." Later, however, the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 increased...

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