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U.S. v. Pierson, No. 95-30185 (9th Cir.) (121 F.3d 560) (August 21, 1997) (Judge David R. Thompson)

In this case, the Court confirmed that in the Ninth Circuit a sentence reduction based on aberrant behavior does not require that the behavior be a single spontaneous or thoughtless act involving no planning - although the court acknowledged that it does rely to some extent on the concept of ...

 

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