Legal Opinion
United States v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 19, 1994No. 93-1826PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
We chronicle today one more vignette that forms part of “the seemingly endless line of criminal appeals marching stolidly to the beat of the federal sentencing guidelines.” United States v. Ocasio-Rivera, 991 F.2d 1, 2 (1st Cir.1993). Concluding, as we do, that the circumstances relied upon by the court below are insufficient to warrant a downward departure from the guideline sentencing range (GSR), we vacate the sentence previously imposed on defendant-appellee Michael Jackson and remand for sentencing.
I. BACKGROUND
On April 19, 1993, a jury convicted appel-lee of…
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