United States v. Jose A. Marin

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• concluding that disclosure by the time of commencement, rather than during, the sentencing hearing, achieves the purpose of the statute by minimizing gamesmanship rewarding low-level defendants who truly cooperate
• holding that the safety valve provision of § 3553(f) “allows less knowl- edgeable and less culpable defendants who have fully assisted the government by providing all of the informa- tion they have to avoid the application of the statutory mandatory minimum sentences”
• remanding with instructions to impose statutory minimum because defendant did not qualify for safety valve
• safety valve disclosure must occur “by the time of the commencement of the sentencing hearing”
• “the defendant must meet the safety valve’s requirement of complete and truthful disclosure by the time of the commencement of the sentencing hearing”
• \the defendant must meet the safety valve's requirement of complete and truthful disclosure by the time of the commencement of the sentencing hearing\

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