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U.S. v. THOMAS

No. 90-2183.

930 F.2d 526 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mattie Lou THOMAS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1991.

As Amended April 24, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 23, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Shepard, and Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Attys., Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Receiving, Appellate Division, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey B. Steinback, Leonard Goodman, Genson, Steinback & Gillespie, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before FLAUM, RIPPLE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 23, 1991.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

After she was arrested for possessing almost 4 kilograms of heroin, Mattie Lou Thomas decided to cooperate with the continuing government investigation of her associates. Her assistance earned her a government recommendation, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), for a six-year sentence in lieu of the otherwise mandatory ten-year prison sentence applicable to her crime. See 21 U.S.C...

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