United States v. Trenkler

·2022

What the Court Decided

A First Circuit case in which a court granted compassionate release in part based on the finding that the defendant was serving a life sentence that would have been unlawful under a subsequently amended statute.

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Cited In

Fernandez v. United States

2025 Term · 24-556

The petitioner cited this First Circuit case as an example where a court granted compassionate release based partly on a claim that could have been raised on habeas—a defendant serving a life sentence under a statute that was amended to prohibit that sentence.