United States v. Arthur D'AmArio

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to review a downward departure from the sentence prescribed by the United States Sentencing Guidelines. 1 The defendant, Arthur D’Amario, was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B) by threatening to kill a federal judge with the intent to impede, intimidate, and interfere with the judge while engaged in the performance of official duties, and with intent to retaliate against the judge on account of the performance of official duties. The defendant committed this crime while serving a prison term on a federal conviction…