MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GETTLEMAN, District Judge.
When does an offense "commence?" The answer in this case could mean the difference between a mandatory sentence of ten years and a potential departure to as few as four or five years. Analysis of the question poses arcane issues that only the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines are capable of creating.
Defendant Mohamed Alrub has entered a "blind" plea of guilty (i .e., without a written plea...
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