United States v. Washington

293 F.Supp.2d 930 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,

v.

Raymond WASHINGTON, Defendant.

No. 01-CR-191.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

November 17, 2003.

Elizabeth Blackwood, Racine, WI, for Plaintiff or Petitioner.

Daniel D. Resheter, Jr., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant or Respondent.

MEMORANDUM

ADELMAN, District Judge.

I

In fiscal year 2001, courts granted downward departures based on the defendant's substantial assistance to the government in 17.1% of all federal criminal cases. United States Sentencing Commission, 2001 Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics 53 (2001). In drug…