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062532P.pdf 01/29/2007 United States v. Amanda Williams
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-2532
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, Bye and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. Where a court has authority to sentence
below a statutory minimum only by virtue of a government motion under
18 U.S.C. Sec. 3553(e), the reduction below the statutory minimum must
be based exclusively on assistance-related considerations and cannot be
based on the other factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3553(a); case
remanded for resentencing.