OPINION
STANTON, District Judge.
Parallel prosecutions in adjoining federal districts have combined to pose what I believe is a novel question: whether a sentencing judge may depart downward, over the objection of the local United States Attorney, on the basis of a "5K1.1 letter" (motion) in favor of the same defendant but written by a different prosecutor, in a different jurisdiction, but a similar case.
Although at first blush it seems odd, I think...
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