Legal Opinion
United States v. Vasquez
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 21, 2009No. 08-2530PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
The district court 1 sentenced Leodan Vasquez (Vasquez) to 320 months imprisonment after a jury found Vasquez guilty of two methamphetamine charges. Vasquez appeals his sentence, arguing the district court (1) erred in imposing a three-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3Bl.l(b) based on Vasquez’s managerial or supervisory role in the offense, and (2) abused its discretion in departing upward under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3 based on under-representation of Vasquez’s criminal history. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On August 8, 2007, a law enforcement officer was conducting surveillance of…
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