Legal Opinion
United States v. Barbara Hilton
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 7, 1991No. 91-1423PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This criminal appeal boils down to a single assignment of error. The issue presented is whether the district court erred in failing to depart downward at sentencing because of the defendant’s impaired health. In the circumstances, we lack appellate jurisdiction.
I
The facts, insofar as they are pertinent to this appeal, can be succinctly summarized. Defendant-appellant Barbara E. Hilton was named in two counts of a four-count superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the District of Maine. Count one charged that Hilton and six others conspired to possess…
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