LEO BOBBY JACKSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA

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• stating that, under the canon against surplusage it is the Court’s duty “to give effect, if possible, to every clause and word of a statute.”
• stating that defendant’s eligibility for a reduction under the First Step Act “does not mean he is 3 The District Court had jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. §§ 3231 and 3582(c)(1)(B
• stating standard for a denial of a motion for a reduced sentence under § 404
• “It seems incongruent with the historical context of the First Step Act for Congress to have intended § 404 to apply only to the select pre-Fair Sentencing Act defendants whose quantities fell between the old and new threshold amounts . . . .”

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