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U.S. v. THOMAS

No. 92-3120.

11 F.3d 732 (1993)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Joseph D. Heyd (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Chicago, IL, for U.S.

Jeffrey B. Steinback, Leonard Goodman (argued), Genson, Steinback, Gillespie & Martin, Chicago, IL, for Mattie Lou Thomas.

Before CUDAHY and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Mattie Lou Thomas pleaded guilty to possessing four kilograms of heroin, an offense that would normally carry a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence. See 21 U.S.C. § 841. The district court departed from this statutory minimum to reflect Thomas' substantial assistance to the government, but it denied a departure to account for her unusual family circumstances. We reject Thomas' claim that the departure was too paltry.

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