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U.S. v. Ramos-Oseguera, No. 95-10386 (9th Cir.) (120 F.3d 1028) (July 30, 1997) (Judge Robert Boochever)

Case discussed and approved in principle the availability of downward departure based on the Battered Woman Syndrome.

The defendant in this case argued for a downward departure based on youthful lack of guidance, imperfect duress, and battered woman syndrome as a form of diminished capacity. The district court held that ...

 

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