Legal Opinion
United States v. Anonymous
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 22, 2010No. 10-1033PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires that we perform two separate but related tasks. First, we must clarify the effect of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), on our pre-Booker case law that narrowly circumscribed the reviewability of sentencing courts’ discretionary departure decisions. Second, we must assess the bona fides of a sentence that the defendant claims is too harsh, even though it embodies a downward departure from the guideline sentencing range (GSR) based on substantial assistance to the authorities.
After careful consideration of…
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