United States v. Lori Kay Stockdall, United States of America v. Floyd Eugene Stockdall

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• holding that, for the right reasons, the government may refuse to make a motion on each offense
• holding that § 3553(e) allowed the Government to limit its motion to one count of a multicount conviction involving multiple mandatory minimum sentences
• remanding to the district court when the government filed § 3553(e) motions as to some counts but not others and provided no reasons for filing motions only as to some counts
• only factors relating to the defendant’s cooperation should influence the extent of a substantial-assistance departure
• “Because the separation of powers concerns underlying this issue are important, we will remand the case to permit the government either to file new § 3553(e
• court may not grant substantial-assistance departure absent government motion

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