United States v. Leandre, Yves

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• holding that “the district court cannot be faulted for failing sua sponte to also address whether [the defendant’s] deporta-ble status would affect the severity of his sentence”
• noting that “a bare showing of reduced mental capacity, without more, is insufficient to authorize a court to depart,” and that “[a]bsent some causal link, the sentencing judge would misapply the Guidelines by granting a departure”
• no error to deny departure based on deportable alien status

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