Per Curiam:
This case underscores that the authority of a district court, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), to impose a sentence below a statutory minimum to take account of a defendant's substantial assistance is limited — that this is an authority contingent by statute on Government motion and that the Government, absent breach of a contractual...
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