Legal Opinion
United States v. Kaya Aymelek
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 15, 1991No. 90-1510PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Two centuries ago, Benjamin Franklin wrote that “in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” The author was, of course, long departed when Congress enacted the Sentencing Reform Act, as amended, 18 U.S.C. § 3551 et seq. (1982 & Supp.1988); 28 U.S.C. §§ 991-998 (Supp. 1988). Were that not the case, one suspects that federal sentencing appeals might have achieved a place in Franklin’s litany. This is one such appeal.
The facts of the case are not complex. In August 1989, defendant-appellant Kaya Aymelek was charged with being a deported alien unlawfully present in…
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