U.S. v. Jones

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. TOMMY LEE JONES

Court: United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division

Date published: Jan 8, 2009

CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 3:96CR75LS (S.D. Miss. Jan. 8, 2009)

Opinion

CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 3:96CR75LS.

January 8, 2009

ORDER

TOM LEE, Chief District Judge

This cause is before the court on the motion of defendant Tommy Lee Jones for a reduction in sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Given that defendant was subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 240 months in accordance with 21 U.S.C. § 851, his motion is denied. United States v. Reese, 2008 WL 4580086 (5^th Cir. Oct. 15, 2008) ("Because Reece had a prior felony drug conviction and the Government gave notice that it was seeking an enhanced penalty, Reece was subject, by statute, to the mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years of imprisonment. A mandatory minimum statutory penalty overrides the retroactive application of a new guideline.") (internal citations omitted).

SO ORDERED