UNITED STATES v. GARCON

No. 19-14650.

997 F.3d 1301 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Julian GARCON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Dion , Lisa Tobin Rubio , Gregory Schiller , Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney's Office, MIAMI, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael Caruso , Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, West Palm Beach, FL, Timothy Day , Gail M. Stage , Federal Public Defender's Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JORDAN, JILL PRYOR, and BRANCH, Circuit Judges.


Under the so-called "safety valve" provision of the First Step Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), district courts "shall" sentence certain convicted drug offenders with little or no criminal history according to the United States Sentencing Guidelines "without regard to any statutory mandatory minimum sentence." Relevant here...

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