{"id":86804,"date":"2018-12-07T12:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/?p=86804"},"modified":"2019-11-05T16:11:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T21:11:38","slug":"cooperate-government-fifth-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/sentencing\/cooperate-government-fifth-circuit","title":{"rendered":"Defendant’s Pre-Trial Cooperation Nets Resentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t
It stands to reason that if a defendant facing criminal charges cooperates with the government, then the government will recommend a reduced sentence. In the case of\u00a0United States v. Mathes<\/em>, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals certainly thought so and ordered that a defendant who exhibited “extraordinary cooperation” in the government’s drug trafficking investigation be resentenced to a more reasonable length of incarceration. The Fifth Circuit’s willingness to reexamine sentencing in light of significant cooperation by the defendant with the government means that defendants will still have meaningful incentives to assist the government in criminal investigations and will not be hoodwinked by the government once they cooperate.<\/p>\nCooperate with the Government: Unreasonable Sentence for Drug Crimes in\u00a0United States v. Mathes<\/em><\/h2>\n