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U.S. v. CHECOURA

No. CR.A. 01-149.

176 F.Supp.2d 310 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Leticia A. CHECOURA, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

December 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Cleary, United States Attorney, Howard Wiener, Assistant United States Attorney, Camden, NJ, Attorneys for the United States of America.

Richard Coughlin, Federal Public Defender, Lori M. Koch, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Camden, NJ, Attorneys for Defendant, Leticia A. Checoura.

OPINION

ORLOFSKY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case requires me to explore new territory created by a 1998 amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines encouraging downward departures for significant impairment of a defendant's "volitional" capacities — that is, his or her power to resist the temptation to do wrong. On March 2, 2001, the Defendant, Leticia A. Checoura ("Checoura"), pled guilty to an information charging her...

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