In Pulsifer v. United States, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly interpreted 18 U.S.C. §3553(f ), which establishes eligibility for a “safety valve” for defendants to avoid mandatory minimum prison sentences. By a vote of 6-3, the Court adopted the Government’s view of the three-prong test for evaluating a defendant’s prior criminal history, holding that a defendant must satisfy each of the conditions to be eligible.
