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U.S. v. SICILIANO

No. 91-3811.

953 F.2d 939 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Giuseppe Vito "Joe" SICILIANO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 5, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl J. Koch, Unglesby & Koch, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant-appellant.

Robert W. Piedrahita, Randall B. Miller, Asst. U.S. Attys., P. Raymond Lamonica, U.S. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges, and McBRYDE, District Judge.

BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

Giuseppe Vito "Joe" Siciliano, a former law enforcement officer and prison guard, appeals his sentence for drug offenses involving the prison; and the main issue is whether an upward departure for placing the prison security at risk is reasonable, in light of his having also received an increase in his sentence for abuse of a position of trust. We AFFIRM.

I.

Siciliano was a sheriff's deputy, serving as a guard at the East...

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