Legal Opinion
United States v. Pereira
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 3, 2001No. 01-1303PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellee Julio A. Pereira (“Pereira”) pled guilty to four counts of subscribing false tax returns and twenty-one counts of using the mails for commercial bribery. At sentencing, the district court applied the Sentencing Guidelines and found Pereira’s total offense level to be sixteen. However, citing Pereira’s extraordinary responsibilities for the care of his parents, the court departed downwards to a level ten. The court sentenced Per-eira to three years of probation, with six months’ home confinement. Because we conclude that the district court erred in…
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