U.S. v. Harrington

Ct. of Appeals remanded case to Dist. Ct. for clarification of its order that partially granted govt. motion to reduce defendant’s 212-month term of incarceration based on his cooperation with govt. in testifying as witness in trial involving defendant’s trial counsel, who was charged with encouraging his clients to testify falsely in their criminal trials. Although Dist. Ct. granted 14 percent reduction, record failed to provide sufficient explanation for that particular reduction, and Dist. Ct. could not limit requested reduction by fact that defendant’s trial counsel was eventually acquitted in his trial.