U.S. v. Chunza-Plazas, No. 94-1009 (2nd Cir.) (45 F.3d 51) (January 23, 1995) (Judge George C. Pratt)
Court rejected a 16-level upward departure under § 5K2.9 based on uncorroborated unreliable "triple hearsay" evidence which it labeled as unreliable - calling the Government's theories in support of the departure "irreconcilable".
In this case the Government sought to justify an upward departure in part on basis of U.S.S.G. § …
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