Legal Opinion
United States v. Guiro
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 17, 1995No. 1:93-cr-01384PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
The issue presented is how to satisfy statutory sentencing objectives when the existing institutional structure cannot accommodate the appropriate sentence.
The defendant pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B). Because of her extensive cooperation with the government, which provided a 5K1 letter, her personal characteristics and her high prospects for rehabilitation, the court announced its intention to depart downward, sentencing her to eight…
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- Paul J. Hernandez v. United States Attorney General, and United States Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
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