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

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 because all three stemmed from the defendant's relationship with her husband, they were essentially all the same ...

 

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