Legal Opinion
United States v. Billings
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 8, 2008No. 07-2307PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Darnell Billings received a statutory minimum sentence of life imprisonment after pleading guilty to dealing over 50 grams of crack cocaine. He claims the government should have rewarded his cooperation by filing a substantial assistance motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), which would have freed the district court to sentence him below the statutory minimum. Billings also claims the government should have told him that his incarcerated status would make it more difficult for him to cooperate with authorities. Because the government did not act improperly in…
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