Legal Opinion
United States v. Shawn Smith
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 9, 2003No. Docket 02-1606PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, Circuit Judge.
The Government appeals from a sentence imposed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (McKenna, J.) on the defendant-appellee Shawn Smith. Smith was convicted of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). In passing sentence, the court accorded Smith the benefit of a downward departure from the range dictated by the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G” or “the Guidelines”) on the basis of Smith’s family circumstances. The Government objected to the downward departure. It contends…
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