Opinion ID: 2749072
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Government’s motion under U.S.S.G.

Text: § 5K1.1 and application of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors. The government filed a United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual (U.S.S.G.) § 5K1.1 motion, seeking to reduce Brown’s sentence to 100 months because of his assistance. The district court acknowledged that Brown “did cooperate” and “accepted responsibility,” but found the government’s proposed 100 month sentence “too great of a reduction.” The court then analyzed the “[18 U.S.C. §] 3553(a) factors.” The judge concluded that Brown was still “a danger to the public given the depth and length of this scheme” and that “a lengthy sentence [wa]s necessary . . . to protect the public from further crimes of this defendant.” Although the court credited Brown for accepting responsibility and assisting the government, he found that after application of the § 3553(a) factors, “it basically [was] a wash.” The court denied the § 5K1.1 motion under these “unique circumstances,” and sentenced Brown to 188 months, a within-Guidelines sentence at the top of the range.2 2 The district court reduced Brown’s offense level by three levels for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2(b). UNITED STATES V. BROWN 9