Legal Opinion
United States v. Sidney Wayne Ivester
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1996No. 94-5866PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion.- Judge RUSSELL wrote the majority opinion, in which Senior Judge MICHAEL joined. Judge HALL wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
Sidney Wayne Ivester appeals the district court’s order sentencing him to a statutorily-mandated term of five years imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to manufacture marijuana. Ivester contends the district court erred in faffing to accord him a downward departure from the statutorily-mandated minimum sentence in accordance with a recent amendment to the sentencing statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3553. For the…
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