United States v. Castaing-Sosa

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• concluding that the district court lacked authority to sentence the defendant below the statutory minimum based on its consideration of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors
• holding that the § 3553(a) factors, including a concern for sentencing disparities between coconspirators, “[do] not provide a legal basis for imposing a sentence below the statutory mandatory minimum sentence”
• holding that district courts remain bound to statutory mandatory minimum after Booker
• finding that only two statutory provisions authorize sentences below statutory mandatory minimums—§ 3553(e) for substantial assistance and § 3553(f) for offenses meeting enumerated “safety valve” criteria
• reversing, under de novo review, a sentence that was only two-thirds the mandatory minimum
• “It is well-settled that a district court is not authorized to sentence a defendant below the statutory mandatory mini-mum____”

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