Opinion ID: 605594
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Defendant Deppe

Text: 30 Similar facts underlie the appeal of Glenn Gert Deppe (Deppe). Defendant Deppe pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import 10,445 pounds of marijuana. The plea agreement provided in part that: 31 At the time of sentencing, the government will make known to the Court and other relevant authorities the nature and extent of defendant's cooperation, and any other mitigating circumstances indicative of the defendant's intent to rehabilitate himself and to assume the fundamental civic duty of reporting crime. 32 The trial court scheduled Deppe's sentencing for June 20, 1990. 33 On June 8, 1990, the government filed a motion to continue sentencing stating that the defendant was actively engaged in assisting law enforcement and requesting an additional 45 days to complete this assistance. The motion was stamped Denied and So Ordered on June 12, 1990. On June 18, Deppe also filed a motion to continue sentencing based on the fact that although he was cooperating with the government, he had been unable to complete his government assignment due to personnel changes at the U.S. Attorney's Office. This motion was stamped Denied and So Ordered on June 18, 1990. 34 The government filed a response to Deppe's motion to continue on June 19, and reiterated its requests orally at the sentencing hearing on June 20, 1990. The court again denied the motion. At sentencing, defense counsel and the prosecutor alluded to defendant's cooperation. The AUSA stated, however, that he was not in a position to file a U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 3 motion to depart downward from the Guidelines because Deppe had not yet completed his cooperation with the government. The court responded that the AUSA could file such a motion at any time. The district judge then sentenced Deppe, under the Guidelines, to 188 months imprisonment, three years supervised release, and a $500 per month fine. The judge then noted that he anticipated receipt of a section 5K1.1 motion based on Deppe's future cooperation. 35 On May 8, 1991, the government filed a motion to reduce sentence pursuant to Rule 35(b). In its motion, the government set out a portion of the facts detailing Deppe's cooperation with the government. Deppe filed a request for a hearing on the government's Rule 35(b) motion so that the court could be fully apprised of the extent of his cooperation. 36 The district court wrote Denied on Deppe's motion to conduct an evidentiary hearing. The court, without further explanation, wrote Granted on the government's Rule 35(b) motion and reduced Deppe's sentence by one year from 188 months (15 years and 8 months) to 176 months (14 years and 8 months). Subsequently, the government and Deppe filed a joint motion to reconsider the court's decision. The parties stressed that the motion itself had not outlined the full extent of Deppe's cooperation because the government had expected the court to conduct an evidentiary hearing at which federal agents would have testified to the full extent of defendant's cooperation. In this motion, the parties noted that: 37 under the plea agreement, the Government is required to make known the full nature and extent of the Defendant's cooperation, that this information has not yet been fully communicated to the Court, and that the Court should have full knowledge of the extent of such cooperation, along with all other mitigating factors that both sides may wish to present. 38 On June 5, 1991, the court stamped this motion Denied and So Ordered. Deppe is currently incarcerated.