Opinion ID: 213193
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Heading: Bobby Kirkendoll

Text: Bobby Kirkendoll pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The applicable Guidelines range of imprisonment for Kirkendoll's offenses was 168 to 210 months, with a ten-year statutory minimum. Pursuant to the Government's § 3553(e) motion for downward departure and the district court's consideration of the § 3553(a) factors, Kirkendoll received concurrent terms of 144 months on the crack cocaine conviction and 120 months on the firearm conviction. Kirkendoll filed a motion for rehearing pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(a). The district court granted the motion and resentenced him to two concurrent terms of 96 months of imprisonment. Following the retroactive amendment to the base offense levels for crack cocaine offenses, the probation officer recalculated Kirkendoll's crack cocaine sentence and determined that he was subject to an amended Guidelines range of 135 to 168 months of imprisonment with no statutory minimum sentence. Kirkendoll filed a sentencing memorandum requesting a comparable reduction of his sentence pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(b)(2)(B). He urged the court to consider the still-existing unwarranted disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences and his efforts at rehabilitation since his incarceration. The district court denied the sentence reduction, finding that: Having reviewed the Probation Office's re-calculation of the applicable Guideline range of imprisonment, the responses thereto, and the record in this matter, including the Pre-Sentence Report, the Court finds that the defendant previously received adjustment under a government motion filed pursuant to ... § 3553(e) at which time the Court had determined a total sentence pursuant to... § 3553(a) factors. Accordingly, the Court will not reduce Defendant's sentence further. Kirkendoll filed a timely notice of appeal.