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U.S. v. Aguilar-Portillo, No. 02-3817 (8th Cir.) (334 F.3d 744) (July 1, 2003) (Judge Morris Sheppard Arnold)

Loaded on June 1, 2003 published in Punch and Jurists June 16, 2003
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Cultural Assimilation.

Here the Court reversed the district court's grant of a one level sentencing departure in a drug case based on the defendant's ties to the U.S., stating that a departure based on cultural assimilation "simply has no role in sentences for drug crimes".

U.S. v. Aguilar-Portillo, 334 F.3d 744 (8th ...

 

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