Legal Opinion
United States v. Hardy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 8, 1996No. 95-1841PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Frederick Hardy challenges two sentencing rulings by the district court which successively denied him a downward adjustment for acceptance of responsibility and imposed an upward departure following his trial and conviction on three felony charges. We affirm the district court judgment.
I
BACKGROUND
A.The Offense of Conviction
On the evening of April 18, Í991, multiple gunshots rang out on the grounds of the Lenox Street Housing Development in Boston. Five Boston police officers in plain clothes, members of the Anti-gang Violence Unit, were on routine patrol at the time, and…
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