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Timestamp: 2017-11-24 02:01:50
Document Index: 425647211

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3582', '§ 3582', '§ 846', '§ 924', '§ 841', '§ 2', '§ 841', '§ 2', '§ 1']

BRENDA COLE, Defendant.
This criminal case is before the Court on the defendant's motions for a sentence reduction [Docs. 149, 179]. In the defendant's motions, the defendant requests that the Court resentence her pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and in accordance with Amendment 782 and Amendment 788 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual. The defendant also filed a supplement to her motions [Doc. 182]. The government has responded [Doc. 181]. The government defers to the Court's discretion whether and to what extent to grant any such reduction, subject to the limitations of 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and section 1B1.10 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual.
The defendant was convicted of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C); possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c) and 2; three counts of distributing oxycodone, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C) and 18 U.S.C. § 2; and three counts of distributing methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 [Doc. 93]. At the time of sentencing, the defendant was held responsible for a quantity of oxycodone with a marijuana equivalent of 4020 kilograms [Presentence Investigation Report (“PSR”) ¶ 26, 33]. Given the amount of drugs for which the defendant was held responsible, the defendant's base offense level was 34 [Id. ¶ 26, 33]. After a three-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility, the defendant's total offense level was 31 [Id. ¶ 30, 39-40]. Given the defendant's criminal history category of I, the defendant's applicable guideline range was 108 to 135 months' imprisonment, followed by a 60-month consecutive mandatory minimum for the firearms offense [Id. ¶ 44, 68, 69].
Before sentencing, the United States filed a motion for downward departure in light of the defendant's substantial assistance [Doc. 90]. On March 21, 2012, the Court granted that motion and sentenced the defendant to 60 months' imprisonment for the drug offenses, which is 45% percent below the guidelines range for the drug offenses, followed by the statutorily mandated 60 months for the firearm offense [Doc. 93]. According to the government, the defendant is presently scheduled for release on April 30, 2020 [Doc. 181].
Applying Amendment 782, the defendant's revised base offense level is 32, and affording the defendant the same adjustments the defendant originally received, the defendant's new total offense level is 29. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 1B1.10(b)(1). A total offense level of 29 and a criminal history category of I results in an amended guideline range of 87 to 108 months' imprisonment for the drug offenses. Thus, the defendant was ...