Legal Opinion
United States v. Jorge Armando Aguilar-Pena
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 12, 1989No. 88-1477PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires that we review a sentence in order to determine whether the district court appropriately departed from the sentencing guidelines promulgated pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, as amended, 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 3551-3586 (West 1985 & Supp.1988); 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 991-998 (West Supp.1988). Because we believe that the court acted impermissibly, we vacate the sentence and remand for further proceedings.
I. BACKGROUND
On November 5, 1987, Lufthansa Flight 535 made a scheduled stop at Puerto Rico’s international airport enroute from Colombia to Frankfurt,…
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