United States of America, Appellant/cross v. Donald Michael Hutman, Cross Appellant/appellee

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• recognizing one panel of the circuit may not overrule another absent a change in the law
• holding \a downward departure . . . may be appropriate for a relatively young defendant with a brief criminal career\
• concluding after a survey of precedent that “a downward departure from career offender status may be appropriate for a relatively young defendant with a brief criminal career”
• discussing the availability of downward departures for defendants whose sentencing ranges reflect an overstated criminal history due to the career offender enhancement
• internal quotation marks and indications of alterations from original omitted
• applying the PROTECT Act to a pending appeal

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