March 1, 2010 - District Court Reduced Sentence by Nine Years

Monday March 1, 2010, United States Bureau of Prisons released Mr. Kent's client, Arthur Pride for time served (see February 9, 2010 entry below) after District Judge entered summary resentencing order Friday, February 26, 2010 reducing Mr. Pride's Armed Career Criminal minimum mandatory 15 years sentence to 70 months, in response to federal habeas litigated by Mr. Kent.  District Court took summary action after Mr. Kent filed a supplemental sentencing memo advising the district court that a sentence of 70 months would constitute a time served sentence.  This was a reduction in sentence of 9 years and 2 months.