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U.S. v. DIAZ-BASTARDO

No. 90-1800.

929 F.2d 798 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alejandro DIAZ-BASTARDO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Rivera Esteves, San Juan, P.R., for defendant, appellant.

Ernesto Hernandez-Milan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Guaynabo, P.R., with whom Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and BOYLE, District Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal concerns the propriety of the district court's upward departure from the federal sentencing guidelines. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the sentence and remand for further proceedings.

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