United States v. Bruce Silleg

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• explaining that “to establish diminished capacity a defendant must establish both ‘reduced mental capacity and a causal link between that reduced mental capacity and the commission of the charged offense’ ”
• noting diminished capacity adjustment 2 appropriate when defendant cannot “(A) understand the wrongfulness of the behavior 3 comprising the offense or [] exercise the power of reason; or (B) control behavior that the 4 defendant knows is wrongful”

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