Legal Opinion
United States v. Braulio Rueda Fonts
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 6, 1996No. 95-40976PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
Braulio Rueda Fonts (“Fonts”) plead guilty to the delivery of crack cocaine and was sentenced to fifty-seven months, followed by three years of supervised release. Fonts appeals, claiming that the district court erred in refusing to make a downward departure from the sentencing guidelines based on the different treatment relating to crack cocaine and powder cocaine offenses and the disparate impact the sentencing guidelines have on minorities. Finding no error by the district court in refusing Fonts’ downward departure, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Braulio Rueda Fonts plead guilty to the delivery of…
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