Legal Opinion
United States v. Rostoff
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 24, 1995No. 93-1376PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this case, the district court departed downward from the guideline sentencing range (GSR) as to each of five defendants on the theory that the harm attributed to them, measured by the amount of loss sustained by the victim, overstated the seriousness of the offense of conviction. The government now asks us to evaluate both the lawfulness of the downward departures and the propriety of the court’s role-in-the-offense adjustments for two defendants, David and Steven Ros-toff. We uphold the sentences of all defendants except the Rostoffs (who must be re-sentenced as a…
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