Legal Opinion
United States v. James T. Weaver
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 15, 1991No. 89-7295PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a district court’s downward departure from the sentence prescribed by the Sentencing Guidelines. The district court based its departure on the guidelines’ failure to adequately consider several factors and on the fact that without such departure, the resultant penalty was more harsh than necessary to accomplish its deterrent effect. Because we find that this is an appropriate case for departure from the guidelines, that the district court adequately explained the basis for its departure, and that the degree of the departure was reasonable under the…
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