Legal Opinion
Melendez v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 17, 1996No. 95-5661PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
The issue here is whether a Government motion attesting to the defendant’s substantial assistance in a criminal investigation and requesting that the district court depart below the minimum of the applicable sentencing range under the Sentencing Guidelines also permits the district court to depart below any statutory minimum sentence. We hold that it does not.
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Petitioner and several others entered into an agreement to buy cocaine from confidential informants of the United States Customs Service. As a result, petitioner was charged with conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to…
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- United States v. Cheng Ah-KaiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Juan MelendezCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by171 opinions
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- United States v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
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