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Timestamp: 2017-08-20 11:37:28
Document Index: 254528387

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3582', '§ 841', '§ 841', '§ 2', '§ 5', '§ 3582']

TERRANCE D. WASHINGTON, DEFENDANT.
On March 13, 2008, Defendant, Terrance D. Washington, filed a pro se Motion for Retroactive Application of the Sentencing Guidelines to Crack Cocaine Offense Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) (#39). On March 14, 2008, this court appointed the Federal Defender's Office to represent Defendant. Federal Defender Staff Attorney William C. Zukosky became Defendant's appointed counsel. On June 19, 2008, this court entered Administrative Order No. 08-U-0035 (#42) suspending the filing deadlines on Defendant's Motion (#39) until the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit rendered its decision in United States v. Monica Poole, Appeal Number 08-2328, the Defendant having 30 days from the date of the decision and the United States 30 days thereafter to file an appropriate pleading with the court. The Seventh Circuit subsequently rendered its decision in a published opinion as United States v. Poole, 550 F.3d 676 (7th Cir. 2008). On January 20, 2009, Defendant's counsel filed a Motion to Withdraw as Counsel (#52). For the following reasons, this court GRANTS defense counsel's Motion to Withdraw as Counsel (#52).
On February 12, 2006, Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine base (crack) in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) (Count 1) and to one count of possession of 50 or more grams of cocaine base (crack) with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Count 2). Count 2 carried a statutory mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison. The Pre-Sentence Report (PSR), which this court adopted at sentencing on June 2, 2006, reported that Defendant was accountable for 52.8 grams of crack for a base offense level of 32. Applying a 3-level downward adjustment for acceptance of responsibility and timely guilty plea, the PSR reported a total offense level of 29. Defendant's criminal history category was III, leading to an initial guideline imprisonment range of 108 to 135 months. However, the PSR reported that because the sentence must not be less than any statutorily required minimum sentence, the imprisonment range became 120 to 135 months pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5G1.1(c)(2). Defendant was ultimately sentenced to 96 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons on both counts, to be served concurrently. Defendant's sentence departed from the guidelines range upon the motion of the government as a result of Defendant's substantial assistance.
On March 13, 2008, Defendant filed his pro se Motion for Retroactive Application of the Sentencing Guidelines to Crack Cocaine Offense Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) (#39). Defense counsel Zukosky was subsequently appointed. Following the Seventh Circuit's decision in Poole, defense counsel filed his Motion to Withdraw as Counsel (#52). In the Motion, defense counsel asserts that the reductions available under the amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines do not apply in Defendant's case because Defendant's sentence could not be less than any statutorily required minimum sentence. Defense counsel notes that this view is supported by the Guidelines themselves and the Seventh Circuit in Poole.