Legal Opinion
United States v. Tropiano
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 1, 1995No. 1:93-cr-01362PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
I. INTRODUCTION 92
II. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY 92
A. Events occurring prior to appeal 92
B. Court of appeals opinion 93
1. § 5K2.0 departures 93
2. § 4A1.3 departures 94
C. Additional facts proven on remand 95
III. LAW 96
A. Past versus future recidivism. 96
B. Relevance of other criminal acts . 96
C. Inconsistency with purposes of sentencing. 97
D. Inconsistency with Guidelines . 97
E. Inconsistency with Witte. 99
F. Remaining distinctions between horizontal and vertical departures after Witte . 100
G. Applying present court of appeals’ rules, what can be considered under § 4A1.3? . 100
H. Applying…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. DunniganSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Witte v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Nichols v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- United States v. Manuel Concepcion, Roberto Aponte, and Nelson FriasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. HandyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2008