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In a prior blog post the four primary ways of getting a sentence reduction in federal drug cases were covered by Dallas drug lawyer John Helms:  1.  Cooperate with the government.    2.  Negotiate a plea to a charge with a lower mandatory minimum sentence. 3.  Negotiate a plea agreement with a maximum sentence cap. 4.  Invoke the "safety valve" provision of 18 USC Section 3553(f). ...

In an earlier post, called “Dallas Drug Possession Lawyer- Getting a Sentence Reduced in Federal Drug Cases,” Federal drug defense attorney John Helms outlined four strategies that a person accused of federal drug distribution can potentially use to get a reduction of their sentence.  These are: 1.  Cooperate with the government. 2.  Negotiate a plea to a charge with a lower mandatory...

In an earlier post, called “Dallas Drug Possession Lawyer- Getting a Sentence Reduced in Federal Drug Cases,” Federal drug defense attorney John Helms described four ways that a person accused of drug distribution in a federal case can potentially get a reduction of their sentence.  This post goes into more detail about how cooperating with the government can potentially do this. In feder...

There are four primary ways of getting a sentence reduction in federal drug cases, says Dallas drug possession lawyer John Helms: 1.  Cooperate with the government. 2.  Negotiate a plea to a charge with a lower mandatory minimum sentence. 3.  Negotiate a plea agreement with a maximum sentence cap. 4.  Invoke the "safety valve" provision of 18 USC Section 3553(f). I will do a separ...

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