United States Fifth Circuit

A Government motion for downward departure based on 18 U.S.C. section 3553(e) gives a district court the discretion to sentence an individual below the mandatory minimums of section 924(c)(1).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/18/2006
• Published 10/18/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before SMITH, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Cristina Walker, Asst. U.S. Atty., Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Ansel Martin Stroud, III, Tutt, Stroud & Bordelon, Shreveport, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.