Punch and Jurists

Koons v. U.S., No. 17-5716 (U.S. Supreme Court) (584 U.S. ___; 138 S.Ct. 1783) (June 4, 2018) (Justice Alito) by In the Spring of 2014, the U.S. Sentencing Commission submitted to Congress its much ballyhooed sentence reduction program for drug trafficking offenders by changing how the base offense levels in …

U.S. v. Quintanilla, No. 16-50677 (5th Cir.) (868 F.3d 315) (August 16, 2017) (Per Curiam) by On April 30, 2014, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to lower the drug quantity table by two offense levels, effective as of November 1, 2014; and that quickly became known as the “drugs minus …