United States v. Fields, No. 19-2012 (1st Cir. 2021)
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The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court denying, without a hearing, Defendant's motion seeking a reduction of his sentence per the terms of the Fair Sentencing Act, Pub. L. No. 111-220, 2, 124 Stat. 2372, and the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, 231 Stat. 5194, holding that the district court did not err.
In 2008, Defendant was convicted by a jury of distributing more than five grams of cocaine base and sentenced to eighteen years in prison. After Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act and the First Step Act, Defendant filed a motion in district court seeking a reduction in his sentence per the terms of those statutes. The district court summarily denied the motion. The First Circuit affirmed, holding that the district court did not err in declining to modify Defendant's sentence.
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