O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the district court based its upward departure from the Sentencing Guidelines on proper factors and explained adequately the extent of its departure.
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On November 21, 1988, Samuel Donaghe was sentenced for making a false statement in a passport application in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1542. The district court did not apply the Sentencing Guidelines, because it was unclear at that time whether...
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