Legal Opinion
United States v. Damon Amedeo
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 28, 2004No. 03-11252PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant Damon Amedeo appeals from his sentence following a guilty plea to one count of distribution of cocaine to a person under twenty-one years of age, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 859(a). We hold that the district court erred in upwardly departing from the Sentencing Guidelines, and remand for further sentencing proceedings.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Factual history
Evidence presented at the sentencing hearing established the following: In May, 2001, Amedeo met Douglas Rozelle III. At that time, Amedeo was a 29-year-old attorney and Rozelle was an eighteen-year-old…
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