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· 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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