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U.S. v. Chastain, No. 95-10267 (9th Cir.) (84 F.3d 321) (May 17, 1996) (Judge Michael Daly Hawkins)

Here the Ninth Circuit joins the Second, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits in holding that a sentencing judge may not grant a downward departure under U.S.S.H. § 5K2.0 in order to facilitate the payment of restitution.

Here the Court emphasized that the Sentencing Commission "implicitly considered departures based on ability ...

 

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