U.S. v. Robinson, No. 08-10424 (5th Cir.) (542 F.3d 1045) (September 10, 2008) (Judge Thomas M. Reavley)
Loaded on Nov. 1, 2008
published in Punch and Jurists
November 10, 2008
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Here the Fifth Circuit held that an inmate seeking a sentence reduction under the recent, retroactive crack-cocaine amendment to the Guidelines had a right to the appointment of counsel “in the interest of justice”.
On November 1, 2007, a series of new amendments to the Guidelines became effective. One of ...
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