Legal Opinion
United States v. Duncan
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 9, 2001No. 00-2013, 00-2014PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRORBY, Circuit Judge.
Section 3553(e) of Title 18 of the United States Code and § 5K1.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”) empower district courts, upon a government motion, to impose a sentence below the statutory mandatory minimum and Guidelines minimum sentences, respectively, to reflect a defendant’s “substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another person who has committed an offense.” 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e); United States Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.”), § 5K1.1, p.s. (Nov. 1998). 1 In this case, the government refused to file a substantial…
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