Chavez-Meza v. United States

Decided June 18, 2018. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-5639 · 585 U.S. 109 · Cited 477 times

Because the record in this case demonstrates that the judge had a reasoned basis for his decision, the judge’s explanation for reducing, under 18 U. S. C. §3582(c)(2), petitioner’s sentence to the middle rather than the bottom of the amended Federal Guidelines range was adequate.

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