United States Tenth Circuit

District court erred in 1) not providing adequate notice of its intention to depart from the sentencing guidelines, 2) failing to make appropriate findings, and 3) failing to state reasons and methodology behind the departure, as well as the particular degree of departure.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2003
• Published 08/29/2003

Judges

• SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, MURPHY and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David C. Iglesias, United States Attorney, and Laura Fashing, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rosanne Camunez, Las Cruces, New Mexico, for Defendant-Appellee.