Sentencing – Upward Departure; Criminal History 

Posted: 11:56 am Mon, December 20, 2010
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Tags: Sentencing

Where a District Court granted the government's motion for an upward sentencing departure and explained that the defendant's criminal history did not adequately reflect his propensity towards violence, a career offender is not immune from an upward departure, and the defendant did not show that the court committed procedural error or an abuse of discretion ...