Legal Opinion
United States v. Hunt
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 17, 2007No. 06-2294PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Senior Circuit Judge.
Robert Hunt appeals the ten-year mandatory minimum sentence imposed following his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(l)(B)(iii). Hunt contends that his sentence should be vacated because the district court erroneously believed it lacked discretion to qualify Hunt for the safety valve provision, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), by lowering Hunt’s criminal history category to I. Although the safety valve provision is not new, Hunt’s proposed interpretation of its requirements is a novel one…
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