Legal Opinion
United States v. Evin Alexi Licona-Lopez
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1998No. 98-1778PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Chief Judge.
Evin Alexi Licona-Lopez appeals the denial by the District Court 1 of his motion for an evidentiary hearing on the government’s failure to move for a substantial-assistance departure under § 5K1.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. Licona-Lopez participated in a controlled drug transaction and gave trial testimony which helped convict a co-conspirator. The government claimed it did not move for a substantial-assistance departure because Licona-Lopez withheld important information until trial and prejudiced the government’s case against the co-conspirator.…
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