Legal Opinion
United States v. Gerald Lee Fletcher
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1994No. 93-3294PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals the district court’s decision to depart downward in sentencing the defendant, Gerald Lee Fletcher, for bank robbery. The United States argues that the district court’s downward departure was unreasonable and unwarranted. Because we find that the district court’s decision to depart downward in Fletcher’s case did not violate the Sentencing Guidelines, we affirm the district court’s order.
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On the evening of September 12, 1991, Fletcher was drinking vodka and using cocaine; he continued to abuse these drugs into the morning of September 13. Fletcher…
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