United States Ninth Circuit

The district court properly interpreted the restriction in U.S.S.G. section 5K2.13 as precluding a downward departure, despite the existence of extraordinary circumstances surrounding defendant's mental condition.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/04/2003
• Published 06/04/2003

Judges

• RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  THOMPSON, RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Emily S. Uhrig, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles, California (briefed);  Elizabeth A. Newman, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles, California (argued);  for defendant-appellant Antonio Andrew Smith., Andrew Cowan, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California;  for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.