Concepcion v. US: Courts can consider intervening changes of law or fact to reduce sentences

[NYC Liberal]

Sotomayor, Thomas, Breyer, Kahan, and Gorsuch in the majority.

Kavanaugh dissents, joined by the Chief Justice, Alito and Barrett.

Concepcion is a case about whether, when a court is deciding whether to resentence a defendant under the First Step Act, which gives federal district courts power to resentence offenders in light of changes in the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, a district court must or may consider intervening developments, or whether such developments only come into play (if at all) after courts conclude that a sentence reduction is appropriate.

The Court holds that the First Step Act allows district courts to consider intervening changes of law or fact in exercising their discretion to reduce a sentence.

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/concepcion-v-united-states/