United States v. Amanda Williams

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that a district court exceeds its authority by reducing a mandatory minimum sentence based on the history and characteristics of the defendant
• stating that a district court exceeds its authority by reducing a mandatory minimum sentence based on the history and characteristics of the defendant
• discussing the role of 5K.1 and § 3553(3) in sentencing procedure
• district court cannot consider § 3553(a) factors to impose a sentence below the statutory minimum
• a sentence below the mandatory “minimum must be based exclusively on assistance-related considerations”
• a sentence below the mandatory “minimum must be based exclusively on assistance-related considerations”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).