United States v. David Tenorio Sablan

OPINION

LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises out of a district court’s exercise of its discretion to depart upward from the applicable Guideline range in imposing sentence. The court found aggravating circumstances for its upward departure, as required by 18 U.S.C. § 3553(b) and (c).1 Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3742(e),2 we must now determine whether the extent of that departure was unreasonable. We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

On November 12, 1993, David Tenorio Sabían, a twenty-nine year old native and resident of…