Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court. At the time of petitioner’s conviction and sentence, federal law mandated a minimum 10-year sentence for persons convicted of certain drug offenses, 21 U. S. C. § 841 (a), including those involving 50 grams or more of “a mixture or substance . . . which contains cocaine base,” § 841(b)(1)(A)(iii), and a minimum 5-year sen…
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