U.S. v. Spann

Ct. of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to consider defendant's appeal of her below-guidelines, 24-month term of incarceration on drug distribution charge where defendant had received said sentence pursuant to Dist. Ct.'s grant of prosecutor's motion to have defendant sentenced below her 5-year mandatory minimum based on her substantial assistance with investigation of other individuals. While defendant argued that Dist. Ct. undervalued her cooperation and failed to cut additional jail time from her statutory minimum sentence, Dist. Ct.'s valuation of defendant's substantial assistance as part of cooperation agreement under 18 USC section 3553(e) is matter within Dist. Ct.'s discretion and is unreviewable.