U.S. v. Nguyen, No. CR01-4069-MBW (N.D.Iowa) (212 F.Supp.2d 1008) (May 17, 2002) (Judge Mark W. Bennett)
Here the Court held that a defendant who gave testimony which helped exculpate a co-defendant at substantial risk of adversely affecting his own penal interests was entitled to a special departure of 3 levels for extraordinary acceptance of responsibility.
In this case, over numerous objections from the Government, the Court ...
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