United States First Circuit

Evidence that defendant spent 20 hours a week to care for elderly parents is insufficient to warrant a downward sentence departure outside the "heartland" sentence for his crime.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/03/2001
• Published 12/03/2001

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, and STEARNS, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul G. Levenson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom James B. Farmer, United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kimberly Homan, with whom Sheketoff & Homan, Joseph S. Oteri, and Oteri, Weinberg & Lawson, were on brief, for appellee.