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U.S. v. Johnson, No. 97-5574 (3rd Cir.) (155 F.3d 682) (September 9, 1998) (Judge Jane A. Restani)

The Court did note that Guideline Amendments 266 and 459 expressely permitted an acceptance of responsibility sentence reduction "to provide an incentive . . . [to] defendants subject to the career offender privisions." (Id., at 684),.

Case held that, as a matter of law, the Guidelines precluded a downward departure ...

 

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