Legal Opinion
United States v. Ahlers
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 30, 2002No. 01-2570, 01-2571PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
After pleading guilty to crimes that carry a statutorily imposed minimum sentence, John Andrew Ahlers and Peter Jordan Ahlers asked the district court to consider departing below that minimum based on grounds unrelated to their substantial assistance to the authorities. The district court ruled that it lacked the authority, under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), to hon- or this request. Armed with nothing but the sharp point of statutory language, the Ahlers brothers present us with the direct question of whether a government motion for a downward departure to reflect a defendant’s…
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