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D.C. Circuit· 2/12/2013

United States v. Ricardo Epps

Citations

  • 404 U.S. App. D.C. 39
  • 707 F.3d 337
  • 2013 WL 500241
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 2866

How courts have described this case

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  • ruling that to be eligible for a sentence reduction, the original sentence must have been “based on a specific guidelines range,” not simply imposed “in accordance with” the Guidelines
  • concluding that the controlling opinion must “represent a common denomina- tor” of a court’s reasoning, and such a position must “support the judgment” (quoting King v. Palmer, 950 F.2d 771, 781 (D.C. Cir. 1991) (en banc))
  • holding that the defendant's success on a § 3582( c)(2) motion \would necessarily inform the district court's evaluation of a motion for termination or reduction of his term of supervised release under§ 3583(e)(l) or (e)(2)\
  • suggesting that two rationales for decision are incompatible insofar as focus of plurality’s inquiry is judge and focus of concurrence’s inquiry is parties
  • holding that a Marks opinion “must embody 3 The government has not met its burden of showing that the equities cut strongly in its favor, particularly given its low likelihood of success on the merits. See Cigar Ass’n of Am. v. FDA, 317 F. Supp. 3d 555, 560 (D.D.C. 2018
  • focusing on the text of defendant’s plea agreement and the judge’s statements at the sentencing hearing to determine the “Guidelines formed the basis for [defendant’s] sentence

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Judges: Rogers, Brown, Williams

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