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U.S. v. Zapata, No. 96-1573, No. 609 (2nd Cir.) (135 F.3d 844) (January 30, 1998) (Judge Wilfred Feinberg)

The issue in this case was whether the Attorney General's Memorandum, dated April 28, 1995, in which she encouraged prosecutors to recommend sentence reductions for aliens in return for plea agreements that included a consent to deportation, required the courts to grant a downward departure. The Second Circuit rejected the ...

 

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