Topic: substantially less culpable than the average participant. · Go Syfert
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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 19 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Brown.

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1 United States v. Brown Anchor
ca5 · 1995
green “substantially less culpable than the average participant.” 4
2 United States v. Morris
ca5 · 1995
green “conduct of others in furtherance of the execution of the jointly-undertaken criminal activity that was reasonably foreseeable by the defendant i.e., burton.” 3
3 United States v. McKinney
ca5 · 1995
green “the fact that the jury acquitted some defendants on some counts supports the conclusion that the jury sorted through the evidence and considered each count separately.” 3
4 United States v. Brown
ca5 · 1995
green “a downward adjustment under 3b1.2 is generally appropriate only where a defendant was substantially less culpable than the average participant.” 3
5 United States v. Payne
ca5 · 1996
green “to prove possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant's possession of the illegal substance, knowledge, and intent to distribute.” 3
6 United States v. Phillip Duane Tremelling
ca5 · 1995
green “the defendant's participation must be enough less so that he at best was peripheral to the advancement of the illicit activity.” 3

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