Melendez v. U.S., No. 95-5661 (U.S. Supreme Court) (518 U.S. 120; 116 S.Ct. 2057) (June 17, 1996) (Justice Thomas)
In this case, the United States Supreme Court addressed whether a Government motion verifying the defendant’s substantial assistance in a criminal investigation and requesting that the district court depart below the applicable Sentencing Guidelines also permits the district court to depart below the statutory minimum sentence. The Supreme Court held …
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