Legal Opinion
United States v. Wilfredo Diaz-Villafane
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 6, 1989No. 88-1998PublishedCited by 403 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal necessitates that we consider the effect of the district court’s failure to adhere to a local rule. It also requires, for what seems to be the first time, that we review a sentence in order to determine whether the district court correctly calculated, and thereafter appropriately depart ed from, the newly-minted sentencing guidelines (Guidelines) promulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission pursuant to the Commission’s statutory mandate. See Sentencing Reform Act, as amended, 18 U.S.C. § 3551 et seq. (1982 & Supp.1988); 28 U.S.C. §§ 991-998 (Supp.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by403 opinions
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