U.S. v. Lam, No. 92-50321 (9th Cir.) (20 F.3d 999) (March 31, 1994) (Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez)
In this case the Court ruled that the district court had erred by concluding that it did not have the authority to grant a sentence departure based on aberrant conduct - but it also emphasized that such a departure is not warranted unless the conduct at issue is both a …
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