United States v. Wayne Thomas Charles Vautier, A.K.A. Ian Garfield McKinnon Etc.

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• explaining that the district court must determine the sentence it would have imposed, given the defendant’s amended guidelines range and holding all other guidelines findings made at the original sentencing hearing constant
• noting that the district court “has the discretion to decide whether to re-apply a downward departure for substantial assistance when considering what sentence the court would have imposed under the amended guideline”
• explaining that the district court must determine the sentence it would have imposed, given the defendant’s amended guidelines range and holding all other guidelines findings made at the original sentencing hearing constant
• discretionary departures are not “guideline application decisions” that remain intact when calculating the amended range
• “The grant of authority to the district court to reduce a term of imprisonment is unambiguously discretionary.”
• “The grant of authority to the district court to reduce a term of imprisonment is unambiguously discretionary.”

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