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Utah District Court Finds First Step Act Gives Court Authority to Reduce Stacked 55-Year § 924(c) Sentence
Loaded on March 18, 2020
by Chad Marks
published in Criminal Legal News
April, 2020, page 14
Filed under:
Sentencing.
Location:
Utah.
by Chad Marks
Kepa Maumau was a 20 year old young man when he was arrested and charged with multiple 924(c) offenses. He was eventually sentenced to a total of 55 years in prison. That sentence was driven by the mandatory minimums required under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
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