U.S. v. Brown

Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 292-month term of incarceration on drug distribution charges involving crack cocaine, even though defendant argued that provisions of Fair Sentencing Act applied because date of sentencing occurred after Act's enactment. Ct. found that said Act did not apply where conduct at issue in charged offense occurred prior to effective said of said Act. Remand, though, was required for new determination of defendant's fine where Dist. Ct. held mistaken belief that defendant's convictions carried $300 mandatory minimum fine.