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U.S. v. SOLIS

No. 97-20273.

161 F.3d 281 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rumaldo SOLIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Lee Turner, Paula Camille Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jerome Godinich, Jr., Rosa Alexander Eliades, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before SMITH, DUHÉ and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

BACKGROUND

The United States ("Government") appeals the district court's decision to depart downward five levels based on the defendant's assistance to the prosecution and to sentence Rumaldo Solis ("Solis") at offense level 32. The Government contends that Solis should have been sentenced at offense level 35.

Solis is a former Immigration and Naturalization Inspector who was involved in a major drug conspiracy through which...

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