U.S. v. NORFLETT

No. 90-1736.

922 F.2d 50 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Sidney NORFLETT, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane J. Deskins, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Wayne A. Budd, U.S. Atty., was on brief, for appellant.

James S. Dilday, with whom Grayer, Brown & Dilday was on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this criminal appeal, the government contends that there were no valid grounds for departing below the guideline sentencing range (GSR). We agree that the district court erred and, therefore, vacate the defendant's sentence.

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Defendant-appellee Sidney Norflett was indicted for, and convicted at trial of, two counts of bank robbery.1 This was not Norflett's first brush with the law. He had a criminal...

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