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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