· 1/11/2006
United States v. Patrick Allen Vasquez, Also Known as Benji Vasquez, United States of America v. Dani Yaacoub Masse
Citations
- 433 F.3d 666
- 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 572
How courts have described this case
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- finding that any disparity between a defendant’s sentence and his co-defendant’s sentence was warranted where, among other things, the defendant had a greater criminal history than his co-defendant
- finding that any disparity between a defendant’s sentence and his co-defendant’s sentence was warranted where, among other things, the defendant had a greater criminal history than his co-defendant
- “The discretionary denial of a motion for downward departure is unreviewable unless the court failed to recognize its authority to depart.”
- “[W]e cannot review whether the district court erred in declining to exercise its discretion to depart downward for overstated criminal history.”
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Judges: Bye, Bowman, Gruender
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