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U.S. v. PRATT

No. 94-4318.

87 F.3d 811 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roseann Marie PRATT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger S. Bamberger, Asst. U.S. Attorney (argued and briefed), Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Donald Krosin (argued and briefed), Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: MERRITT, Chief Judge, and WELLFORD and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges.

MERRITT, Chief Judge.

The sole issue raised in this appeal is whether the District Court properly interpreted and applied the "safety-valve" provision, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), when sentencing the Defendant. The statute requires the sentencing court to disregard the statutory minimum sentence in certain cases and to sentence the defendant pursuant to the applicable Sentencing Guidelines instead. The safety-valve provision was applied to Defendant and she was sentenced...

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