U.S. v. Working, No. 98-30121 (9th Cir.) (224 F.3d 1093) (September 11, 2000) (Judge Barry G. Silverman)
In this case a majority of the en banc Court affirmed the granting of a huge 21-level downward departure to a wife accused of the attempted murder of her husband, despite the fact that the crime was well-planned and relentlessly executed, holding that the lack of spontaneity does not necessarily ...
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