U.S. v. Fontes, No. 04-2237 (1st Cir.) (415 F.3d 174) (July 20, 2005) (Judge Kermit A. Lipez)
The defendant in this case, Peter Fontes, challenged his sentence for trafficking in crack cocaine on the grounds that the government had engaged in “extreme and outrageous” sentencing factor manipulation, and that the district court had erred in refusing to grant him a downward departure based such misconduct, on the ...
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