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Parties Involved:
Lamarr Dremell Parks
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-2763

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* On remand for reconsideration

v. * from the United States Supreme

* Court.

Lamarr Dremell Parks, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: March 27, 2008

Filed: July 11, 2008 

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Before BYE, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

After our earlier decision in United States v. Parks, 238 Fed.Appx. 187 (8th Cir.

2007) (Parks I), the United States Supreme Court vacated and remanded this case for

reconsideration in light of Kimbrough v. United States, 552 U.S. ___, 128 S. Ct. 558

(2007). Parks v. United States, 128 S. Ct. 1301 (2008). Pursuant to Kimbrough, “the

cocaine Guidelines, like all other Guidelines, are advisory only . . . .” 128 S. Ct. at

564. 

At sentencing, Parks maintained his argument the district court should impose

a sentence below the Guidelines range on the basis of the crack/powder cocaine ratio.

The record also demonstrates the district court would have, if permitted to do so,

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considered the impact of the crack/powder ratio on Parks’s sentence. We therefore

vacate the sentence and remand to the district court for reconsideration in light of

Kimbrough. See also United States v. Spears, ___ F.3d ___, 2008 WL 2485329, at

*1 (8th Cir. June 23, 2008) (en banc). 

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