Sentencing Issues

Mr. Withers possesses an extensive knowledge of sentencing issues, including arguing mitigating or departure factors pursuant to U.S. v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) and the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. He strives to put the very best case forward at sentencing, and has achieved stunning results for clients in sentencing, including securing sentences of home confinement or vastly reduced sentences for clients facing many years of incarceration. Notable successes in this area include, U.S. v. B.K. (Southern District of Georgia, 2002) in which Mr. Withers helped his client, a local official, receive a sentence of home confinement in downward departure from the Sentencing Guidelines and State of Georgia v. C.C., where Mr. Withers successfully negotiated a sentence of probation for a local businessman who was charged with possession of 30 pounds of marijuana with intent to distribute.