United States First Circuit

A downward departure sentence for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base is affirmed over the government's challenge to the sentence's reasonableness where the sentencing court properly exercised its discretion and it reached a defensible result, even though the defendant availed from a substantial downward deviation from his guideline sentencing range.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/21/2008
• Published 03/21/2008

Judges

• SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dina Michael Chaitowitz, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Roger A. Cox, with whom Cox & Cox was on brief, for appellee.