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042673P.pdf 11/17/2005 United States v. Kim Darby Saenz
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 04-2673
Northern District of Iowa
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Bowman, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. District court granted an
unreasonable reduction based on defendant's provision of substantial
assistance, and the case is remanded for resentencing; district court's
analysis was flawed by its conclusion that timely and truthful cooperation
always warrants a reduction of more than 50 percent, as the nature,
extent, significance and usefulness of the assistance must also be
considered, together with any risk or danger the defendant may have
faced as a result of the cooperation; here, these latter factors did not
justify an extraordinary reduction.