Opinion ID: 196456
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Heading: George LaBonte.

Text: A. George LaBonte. A grand jury indicted LaBonte for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C). After he pleaded guilty, the district court (Hornby, U.S.D.J.) sentenced him under the Career Offender Guideline. Using an enhanced statutory maximum derived from LaBonte's record of prior drug convictions, Judge Hornby set LaBonte's TOL at thirty-four, granted a three-level downward adjustment for acceptance of responsibility, see U.S.S.G. 3E1.1, arrived at a GSR of 188-235 months, and sentenced him to serve 188 months. We affirmed. See United States v. LaBonte, 19 F.3d 1427 (1st Cir. 1994) (table). Subsequent to the promulgation of Amendment 506, LaBonte moved for resentencing. Judge Hornby determined that 8 Amendment 506 was valid and decided to apply it. See LaBonte, 885 F. Supp. at 24. He granted LaBonte's motion, focused on the unenhanced statutory maximum to calculate a new TOL (thirty-two), and again deducted three levels for acceptance of responsibility. This recomputation yielded a GSR of 151-188 months, and Judge Hornby lowered LaBonte's sentence to the nadir of the new range. See id. The government appeals from this disposition.