· 10/5/1993
United States v. Bernard Chris Costales, Cross-Appellee
Citations
- 5 F.3d 480
- 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 25895
- 1993 WL 393582
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- denying a downward departure based on mitigating role, and noting that the Guidelines contemplate that in some cases all the other actors will be undercover agents
- downward departure for minimal participation in offense not justified by fact that other participants were undercover officers
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Judges: Tjoflat, Birch, Kaufman
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