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U.S. v. GRASSER

No. 02-2559.

312 F.3d 336 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Denise GRASSER, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Sussman (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter T. Petrakis (argued), Park Ridge, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

On this appeal, the government challenges a significant downward departure — it moved the defendant from a sentencing range of 18 to 24 months to a range where the actual sentence imposed was only 4 months, and that was under "community confinement" with work release. The departure was awarded for what the court termed "exceptional acceptance of responsibility." The apparent basis for the departure was the defendant's partial...

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