United States Second Circuit

The grant of a five-level downward departure to defendant's sentence is remanded where the district court's factual findings are insufficient to support the departure under the US Sentencing Guidelines.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/01/2004
• Decided 07/22/2005
• Published 07/22/2005

Judges

• CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge., Before:  CARDAMONE, CABRANES, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Neil M. Barofsky, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York (Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney, David C. James, Catherine L. Youssef, Assistant United States Attorneys, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York, of counsel), for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter T. Sheridan, Law Office of Peter T. Sheridan, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee.