· 5/11/2012
United States v. Pertuz-Pertuz
Citations
- 679 F.3d 1327
- 2012 WL 1648016
- 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 9609
How courts have described this case
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- holding that safety-valve relief does not apply to violations of 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503(a) and 70506(a) and (b)
- holding that safety valve relief does not apply to violations of 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503(a), 70506(a) & (b)
- holding that, because no Title 46 offense appeared in the plain terms of the safety valve, defendants convicted under Title 46—which includes MDLEA offenses— were not eligible for safety-valve relief
- “[T]he plain text of the statutes shows that convictions under Title 46 of the U.S. Code—like Defendant’s—entitle a defendant to no safety-valve sentencing relief.”
- “[T]he plain text of the statutes shows that convictions under Title 46 of the U.S. Code—like Defendant’s—entitle a defendant to no safety-valve sentencing relief.”
- \No Title 46 offense appears in the safety-valve statute.\
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Judges: Edmondson, Kravitch, Farris
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