United States v. Josie Clark

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• holding that a district court has no discretion to depart downward from a mandatory mini- mum sentence established by Congress
• holding that no plain error oc- curred in the district court’s failure to advise of a minimum sen- tence because the plea agreement, from which the court recited during the plea hearing, contained that information
• stressing that “[t]he sentencing guidelines make clear that where a guidelines range falls entirely below a mandatory minimum sentence, the court must follow the mandatory statutory minimum sentence”
• \[D]istrict court plainly erred by imposing a 150-month sentence in light of the 240-month mandatory statutory minimum sentence\
• “We review arguments raised for the first time on appeal for plain error.”
• “We review arguments raised for the first time on appeal for plain error.”

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