United States Court of Appeals

FortheSeventhCircuit

Chicago,Illinois60604

October16,2009

Before

FRANKH.EASTERBROOK,ChiefJudge

RICHARDD.CUDAHY,CircuitJudge

ANNCLAIREWILLIAMS,CircuitJudge

No.041953

UNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA,

PlaintiffAppellee,

v.

MAURICEHARRISON,

DefendantAppellant.

AppealfromtheUnitedStatesDistrict

CourtfortheNorthernDistrictof

Illinois,EasternDivision.

No.03CR1101

SuzanneB.Conlon,Judge.

ORDER

AjuryconvictedMauriceHarrisonofdistributingmorethan50gramsofcocaine

baseinviolationof21U.S.C.§841(a)(1).Atsentencing,thedistrictcourtcalculatedthe

applicablerangeundertheUnitedStatesSentencingGuidelines.Thedistrictcourt

concludedthatbasedon63gramsofcocainebase(crackcocaine),Harrison’sbaseoffense

levelwas32.Harrisonreceivedatwolevelenhancementforobstructionofjusticewhich

resultedinanadjustedoffenselevelof34.Harrison’scriminalhistorycategoryofI

producedarangeundertheguidelinesof151to188months’imprisonment.Thedistrict

courtsentencedHarrisonto151monthsinprison.

Harrisonappealedhisconvictionandsentence.Weaffirmedhisconvictionand

concludedthedistrictcourthadproperlycalculatedtheguidelinesrange.UnitedStatesv.

Harrison,431F.3d1007(7thCir.2007).BecauseHarrisonhadbeensentencedbeforethe

NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION

To be cited only in accordance with

 Fed. R. App. P. 32.1
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SupremeCourt’sdecisioninUnitedStatesv.Booker,543U.S.220(2005),weissuedalimited

remandinaccordancewiththeproceduresetforthinUnitedStatesv.Paladino,401F.3d471

(7thCir.2005).Ourlimitedremandaskedthedistrictcourtwhetheritwouldhaveimposed

thesamesentencehaditknowntheguidelineswereadvisory.Harrison,431F.3dat1014.

Thedistrictcourtrespondedthathadthesentencingguidelinesbeenadvisorywhen

itoriginallysentencedHarrison,itwouldhaveimposedthesamesentenceof151months.

Thedistrictcourtalsostatedthatithadgiventhepartiesanopportunitytosubmittheir

viewsinwriting.ThedistrictcourtnotedthatHarrisonhadsubmittedhisviewsinaprose

motionforappointmentofcounsel(heaskedthathereceiveasentenceof121months),and

itlaterstruckhisprosemotiontoreconsider.

WedeclineHarrison’srequesttoremandthiscasetoadifferentjudgewith

instructionsforresentencing.Harrison’scaseisonplainerrorreview.SeeHarrison,431

F.3dat1014;Paladino,401F.3dat48384.Thedistrictcourt’sdecisiononremandreflects

thatBookerdidnotaffectthesentenceHarrisonreceived.Inparticular,thedistrictcourt

statedthatunder18U.S.C.§3553(a),itwouldstillimposeasentenceatthelowendofthe

nowadvisoryguidelinesrangegiventhecircumstancesofHarrison’sconduct,hiscriminal

history,hislackofremorseandlackofrecidivism,andthenecessityofpublicprotection.

ThedistrictcourtnotedfurtherthatHarrisonhadperjuredhimselfduringtrialandalsothat

credibleevidencehadbeenpresentedthatHarrisonhadsoldcrackinthepast.Becausethe

outcomewouldhavebeenthesamehadtheguidelinesbeenadvisory,therecanbeno

“plainerror.”SeeUnitedStatesv.Olano,507U.S.725,734(1993)(towarrantreversalonplain

errorreview,errormusthaveaffectedtheappellant’ssubstantialrights,whichinthe

ordinarycasemeanstheappellantmustdemonstratethatit“affectedtheoutcomeofthe

districtcourtproceedings,”andappellatecourthasdiscretiontoremedytheerrorifit

seriouslyaffectsthefairness,integrity,orpublicreputationofjudicialproceedings).We

alsonotethatalthoughHarrisonmaintainsthatneitherhenorhisappellatecounsel

receivedthedistrictcourt’sorderinvitingthepartiestosubmittheirviewsuponremandby

January9,2006,Harrison’sappellatecounselacknowledgesthatthegovernmentservedits

December19,2005submissionregardingthePaladinoremanduponappellatecounsel,

whichwaswellinadvanceofthesubmissiondeadline.Finally,thedecisiontosentence

Harrisontothelowendoftheguidelinesrangewasreasonableunderthecircumstances.

Wethereforeaffirmthejudgmentofthedistrictcourt.

Anotherdevelopmenthasalsotakenplace.Althoughastatutorymandatory

minimumsentenceof10yearsstillapplies,see21U.S.C.§841(b)(1)(A),theUnitedStates

SentencingCommissionhasissuednewguidelinesthatretroactivelyreducedthe100:1ratio

betweencrackcocaineandpowdercocaineguidelinerangesthatappliedwhenHarrison

wassentenced.SeeU.S.S.G.Supp.toApp.C.,pp.22631(2007)(Amendment706);U.S.S.G.

Supp.toApp.C.,p.253(Amendment713).Thenewguidelinerangeforapersonheld
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responsiblefor63gramsofcrackcocainewithatwolevelenhancementandacriminal

historycategoryofIis121to151months.ThismeansthatHarrisoncannowfileamotion

forareductioninhissentencepursuantto18U.S.C.§3582(c)(2).(Thedistrictcourtmay

alsoreducethesentenceonitsowninitiative,orthedirectorofthebureauofprisonsmay

fileamotioninsteadofthedefendant.18U.S.C.3582(c)(2).).