U.S. v. ONOFRE-SEGARRA

No. 95-4073.

126 F.3d 1308 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Yahaira ONOFRE-SEGARRA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois Foster-Steers, Asst. U.S. Atty., Harriet Galvin, Dawn Bowen, Carol Herman, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kenneth Swartz, Asst. Federal Public Defender, West Palm Beach, FL, Valerie Jonas, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Jacqueline Shapiro, Christine Stebbins Dahl, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and COX, Circuit Judges, and HANCOCK, Senior District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals the sentence of Yahaira Onofre-Segarra on the ground that the district court abused its discretion when it granted Onofre-Segarra's motion for a downward departure under section 5K2.0 of the Sentencing Guidelines.1 Because we find that the district court made insufficient factual findings to support its decision to depart, we vacate the sentence and remand the case to the district court...

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