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U.S. v. Sherpa, No. 95-50007 (9th Cir.) (97 F.3d 1239) (October 8, 1996) (Judge Thomas G. Nelson)

Testing the limits of fairness, the Government appealed from the district court's decision to grant a relatively small downward departure under the safety valve laws to an unsophisticated Nepalese trackker, demanding a full 10 year mandatory minimum.

The defendant in this case was a poor but somewhat gullible trekker from ...

 

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