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Opinion
Filed
Aug. 8, 2019
Case
United States v. Michael Hegwood
Case status
Decided

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LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge: *415 This appeal concerns the First Step Act, in which Congress permitted a sentencing court to "impose a reduced sentence as if ... the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ... were in effect at the time the covered offense was committed." The issue is whether dis…

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