Legal Opinion
United States v. Harold Ray Wade, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1991No. 90-5805PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Following his guilty plea to charges for drug distribution and related gun use, Harold Ray Wade, Jr. was sentenced to a mandatory minimum ten-year sentence for the drug charges and a consecutive mandatory five-year sentence for the gun charge. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b); 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). In denying Wade’s motion for a downward departure based on his substantial assistance to the government, the district court concluded that, in the absence of a motion made by the government under U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1, it had no authority to depart from the mandatory minimum sentences.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Robert HuertaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Thomas Tyson ConnerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Levelt Francois, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- United States v. Alberto ParamoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Mark ForneyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Luz Maria Amparo, A/K/A Luz Maria Amparo SanchezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
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