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Inevitable Arrest Precludes Downward Departure Sentence for Escape

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner being
sentenced for escape was not entitled to a downward departure sentence for
voluntarily surrendering because his willingness to cooperate arose in
connection with his arrest for trespassing.

Christopher Blandin was a resident of Clark Center, a non-secure halfway ...

 

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