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U.S. v. Castaneda, No. 95-30259 (9th Cir.) (94 F.3d 592) (August 29, 1996) (Judge Robert R. Beezer)

Case held that district courts have the authority to reduce the amount of drugs attributable to a defendant by any amount tainted by sentencing entrapment.

In this drug case the district court found that the amount of drugs charged to the defendant had been artificially increased due to "sentencing entrapment". ...

 

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