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U.S. v. Pacheco, No. Crim.A. 98-334-4 (E.D.Pa.) (67 F.Supp.2d 495) (September 15, 1999) (Judge Marvin Katz)

In this case the defendant sought a downward departure at sentencing in her drug case based on a claim of abuse and coercion by her common law husband. She argued that she was an "apprehensive caretaker" for her common law husband after he fled the country, and that his "duress" ...

 

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