U.S. v. SARAULT

No. 92-1180.

975 F.2d 17 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Brian J. SARAULT, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. O'Dea, argued, for appellant.

Edwin J. Gale, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty., was on brief, for the U.S.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge and ZOBEL, Judge for the District Court of Massachusetts, sitting by designation.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In a postscript to a sordid tale of greed and corruption, defendant-appellant Brian J. Sarault, the former Mayor of Rhode Island's fourth largest city, assails the district court's imposition of a sentence exceeding the guideline sentencing range (GSR). Finding, as we do, that the upward departure was fully justified, we affirm the judgment below.

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Background

On November 14, 1991, the former mayor of Pawtucket...

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