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: Second Circuit Sentencing BlogCrack Sentencing Reduction From 62 to 60 Months
United States v. Sosa, No. 03 Cr. 502 (JGK), 2008 WL 336472 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 6, 2008)
Simply story: Recalculation of Guidelines offense level after new crack Guidelines are applied results in reduction of sentence from 62 to 60 months. And, because "time is particularly important" due to the fact that Sosa was "otherwise schedule to be released on May 27, 2008," the Court entered an Amended Judgment of Conviction, effective March 3, 2008, reducing the defendant's sentence of imprisonment to 60 months.
Full post as published by Second Circuit Sentencing Blog on March 19, 2008 (boomark / email).
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