United States v. Milo

BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the government contesting the sentence imposed by the district court on Gary Milo. Milo was arrested in 2003 for trafficking in marijuana. He thereafter agreed to plead guilty and assist the government in pending investigations. The government in turn agreed, subject to getting substantial cooperation, to file a motion for a reduced guideline sentence, U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1, and a sentence below the mandatory minimum, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) (2000).

On April 29, 2004, Milo pled guilty to a sealed one-count information alleging conspiracy to possess with intent…