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In Re Sealed Case (Sentencing Guidelines' "Substantial Assistance"), No. 97-3112 (D.C. Cir.) (149 F.3d 1198) (July 24, 1998) (Judge David S. Tatel)

Loaded on July 1, 1998 published in Punch and Jurists July 13, 1998
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Refusal to file motion.

Recently there have been a number of decisions that have addressed the Government's often capricious and arbitrary refusal to file a motion for a downward departure pursuant to the provisions of U.S.S.G. ยง 5K1.1, after a defendant has provided substantial assistance. (See, for example, our discussion of U.S. v. Isaac, ...

 

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