United States Eighth Circuit

Deportable-alien status is not a valid basis for a downward departure, since the Sentencing Commission took this factor into consideration when setting the applicable Guideline under USSG 2L1.2.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/13/2001
• Published 02/13/2001

Judges

• RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nicholas Dress, argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edwin F. Kelly, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Des Moines, IA (Don C. Nickerson, on the brief), for appellee.