Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Lopez
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 28, 1991No. 90-3020PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Clarence Morales, who was charged under the name of José Lopez, received a sentence of fifty-one months in prison and three years of supervised release after he pled guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine. Morales challenges the district court’s refusal to depart from the sentence prescribed by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in consideration of his age and personal background. The district court correctly understood the Guidelines to limit departures on the basis of age to extraordinary circumstances,…
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