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U.S. v. Mejia-Pimental, No. 05-30604 (9th Cir.) (477 F.3d 1100) (February 26, 2006) (Judge Richard A. Paez)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2007 published in Punch and Jurists January 29, 2007
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Good Faith Disclosure.

One of the few statutory provisions that enables a defendant to obtain relief from the growing assortment of mandatory minimum sentences is the safety valve statute contained in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), and its Guidelines’ counterpart contained in U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2. To receive such relief, the defendant must satisfy five ...

 

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