Legal Opinion
United States v. Mattie Lou Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 23, 1991No. 90-2183PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
After she was arrested for possessing almost 4 kilograms of heroin, Mattie Lou Thomas decided to cooperate with the continuing government investigation of her associates. Her assistance earned her a government recommendation, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), for a six-year sentence in lieu of the otherwise mandatory ten-year prison sentence applicable to her crime. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A). The district court, however, gave the prosecution more than it bargained for, sentencing Thomas to probation. The government appeals, asserting that 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(l)(A)(i)…
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