United States Third Circuit

The best practice for district courts is to carefully recite to the record the factors it considered and weighed in arriving at its downward departure decision, but even cursory analysis of USSG 5K1.1's five factors for substantial assistance will suffice.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2001
• Published 05/22/2001

Judges

• Before BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD, and AMBRO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John V. Saykanic (Argued), Miles R. Feinstein, Clifton, NJ, Counsel for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• George S. Leone, Michael Martinez (Argued), Newark, NJ, Counsel for Appellees.