Legal Opinion
United States v. Stephen John Jordi
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 1, 2005No. 04-14046PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOGLER, District Judge:
I. Introduction.
The government appeals the district court’s denial of its request for an upward departure pursuant to Application Note 4 of U.S.S.G. § 3A1.4. The district court denied the request, concluding that the government had failed to demonstrate that the defendant’s crime transcended national boundaries and that such was required before it could consider the requested departure. This Court has not previously addressed this issue; however, an upward departure pursuant to the cited application note does not require a showing that the conduct transcended national…
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