U.S. v. ADONIS

No. 89-3051.

891 F.2d 300 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Wayne ADONIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher and Judith R. Retchin, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellant.

Jensen E. Barber (appointed by this Court), for appellee.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and MIKVA, Circuit Judge and GESELL, District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

This is a government appeal, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3742(b), of a sentence of three years imprisonment and two years supervised release imposed by a district judge on appellee Wayne Adonis.1 Because we agree with the government that the judge failed to explain adequately why he departed from the Federal Sentencing...

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