Legal Opinion

United States v. Francisco Javier Barajas-Nunez

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 6, 1996No. 95-1643PublishedCited by 207 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Brown, J.,

SILER, J. (pp. 835-36), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals the sentence of Defendant-Appellee Francisco Javier Bara-jas-Nunez because it asserts that the district court departed downward from the sentencing guidelines based on improper factors. For the reasons that follow, we vacate Bara-jas-Nunez’s sentence and remand the case to the district court for resentencing.

I. Background

In August 1994, Barajas-Nunez was deported from the United States after being convicted of distributing marijuana, an aggravated…

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