United States v. Bernard Wilkerson

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• upholding district court's conclusion that government did not have to file a section 5K1.1 motion when the defendant had continued to use drugs after the agreement because that behavior undermined the \quality\ of his assistance
• “[T]he government concedes that the waiver provision would not bar an appeal if there had been a breach . . . .”
• government’s discretionary refusal to move for downward departure cannot be challenged unless defendant makes substantial threshold showing that refusal was in bad faith, irrational, or based on unconstitutional motive

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