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U.S. v. Oliveira, No. Crim. No. 08cr10104-NG (D.Mass.) (798 F.Supp.2d 319) (July 21, 2011) (Judge Nancy Gertner)

Loaded on Aug. 22, 2011 published in Punch and Jurists August 22, 2011
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Here the Court used the principle of “imperfect entrapment” under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.12 as the principal basis for a significant downward departure for a defendant who was “unduly encouraged” to sell guns to a long-time Government informant.

ATF informant Tom Heroux is the personification of a prosecutor’s perfect wet dream. ...

 

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