United States v. Deborah Marie Dalton

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• holding that a 75% or 180 month downward departure was “extraordinary,” unjustified, and therefore unreasonable
• holding that a 75% or 180 month downward departure was “extraordinary,” unjustified, and therefore unreasonable
• holding, in the context of a downward departure for substantial assistance to the government, that \[a]n extraordinary reduction must be supported by extraordinary circumstances\
• holding in review of a downward departure that “[a]n extraordinary reduction must be supported by extraordinary circumstances”
• stating that Booker “extended unreasonableness—the pre-PROTECT Act standard for reviewing departure sentences—to the review of all sentences,” and proceeding to review the district court’s sentencing decision for abuse of discretion
• concluding \that the district court abused its discretion by imposing an unreasonable sentence\

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