When a post-Booker defendant qualifies for the federal safety valve, does he have to tell the federal government everything he knows about the crime?
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The following excerpt is from United States v. Valencia-Revuelta, No. 2:09-cr-0381 WBS AC (E.D. Cal. 2014):
government everything he knows about the offense. When a post-Booker defendant qualifies for the safety valve,3 the district court is statutorily required to apply the Guidelines in an advisory manner along with the other factors contained in 18 U.S.C. 3553(a), but without regard to the mandatory minimum. See United States v. Cardenas-Juarez, 469 F.3d 1331, 1334 (9th Cir. 2006).
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