United States v. May
United States v. May
Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
This appeal raises a single issue: whether a district court may reduce a defendant’s sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(e)(2), the statutory provision allowing a court to reduce a sentence which is “based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission,” when that sentence is imposed pursuant to a binding plea agreement. The District Court concluded that enforcement of the stipulated sentence was mandatory; defendant Gregory May appealed.
Here, May stipulated to the sentence imposed in a binding plea agreement under Fed.R.Crim.P. 11(c)(1)(c), the validity of which is undisputed. Accordingly, we
. The District Court had jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3231. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
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