United States v. Travis Knox
Opinion
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
Travis Knox pled guilty to seven counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (“crack”). Counts 1-6 had no drug amounts, but Count 7 listed five grams or more of crack. Knox was sentenced to 188 months of imprisonment. On appeal, Knox’s sole issue is that he should have been sentenced under the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (“FSA”), Pub.L. No. 111-220. Currently pending before this court is the Government’s unopposed motion to remand this case to the district court to allow Knox to be resentenced in accordance with the FSA.
Based on our consideration of the materials submitted with this motion, we grant the motion to remand, vacate the sentence, and remand this case to the district court to permit resentencing. By this disposition, however, we indicate no view as to whether the FSA is retroactively applicable to a defendant like Knox whose offenses were committed prior to August 3, 2010, the effective date of the FSA, but who was sentenced after that date, leaving that determination in the first instance to the district court. * Because Knox does not contest his convictions on appeal, we affirm his convictions.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
*388 AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART, AND REMANDED.
See United States v. Bullard, 645 F.3d 237, 248 n. 5 (4th Cir. 2011) (reserving judgment on the question "whether the FSA could be found to apply to defendants whose offenses were committed before August 3, 2010, but who have not yet been sentenced”).
Reference
- Full Case Name
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Travis KNOX, Defendant-Appellant
- Status
- Unpublished