Opinion ID: 2788773
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Heading: Second Motion for Sentence Reduction

Text: In September 2013, Davis again moved for reduction of his sentence under § 3582(c)(2), which is the subject of this appeal. He relied on Amendment 750 of the Sentencing Guidelines, which lowered the base-offense level for convicted defendants found responsible for less than 8.4 kilograms of crack cocaine.1 The district judge denied Davis’s § 3582(c)(2) motion and explained (1) the PSI showed Davis was responsible for well over 8.4 kilograms of crack cocaine, and (2) the judge had adopted the findings of Davis’s PSI regarding drug quantity at sentencing. The judge determined the record did not support Davis’s contention that some of the cocaine described in the PSI was powder, rather than crack cocaine. Davis appealed the denial of his second § 3582(c)(2) motion. 1 Amendment 750 to the Sentencing Guidelines amended the drug quantity table in U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(c) to reduce offense levels in crack cocaine cases, when less than 8.4 kilograms is involved. See U.S.S.G. App. C, Amend. 750; United States v. Hamilton, 715 F.3d 328, 336 (11th Cir. 2014) (“Amendment 750 raised to 8.4 kilograms (from 4.5 kilograms) the minimum amount of crack cocaine necessary to establish a base offense level of 38.”). It was made retroactive by Amendment 759, effective November 1, 2011. See U.S.S.G. App. C, Amend. 759. Davis argued in this § 3582(c)(2) proceeding in district court that the cocaine described in paragraph 72 of his PSI may have been powder, not crack, cocaine, because the PSI referenced “cocaine base” in paragraph 72. 4 Case: 13-15962 Date Filed: 03/24/2015 Page: 5 of 8