U.S. v. DOMINGUEZ-CARMONA

Nos. 97-2197, 97-2202, 97-2234 and 97-2258 to 97-2264.

166 F.3d 1052 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Octavio DOMINGUEZ-CARMONA, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jorge Hernandez-Villanueva, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jose Rubio-Loya, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Francisco Romo-Medina, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ramon Gutierrez-Treviso, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daniel Medrano-Parra, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Orlando Sandoval-Rascon, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anastasio Corral-Gutierrez, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gabriel Durazo-Martinez, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hector Ceballos-Adete, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Bowles, Assistant United States Attorney (John J. Kelly, United States Attorney and Alfred J. Perez, Assistant United States Attorney, with him on the briefs), Las Cruces, New Mexico, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Barbara A. Mandel, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Ann Steinmetz, Federal Public Defender, with her on the brief), Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Charles Harwood, Silver City, New Mexico, for Defendant-Appellee Octavio Dominguez-Carmona.

Robert J. McDowell, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Cruces, New Mexico, on the brief, for Defendant-Appellee Jorge Hernandez-Villanueva.

Carmen E. Garza, Las Cruces, New Mexico, on the brief, for Defendants-Appellees, Jose Rubio-Loya, Francisco Romo-Medina, Ramon Gutierrez-Treviso, Daniel Medrano-Parra, Orlando Sandoval-Rascon, Anastasio Corral-Gutierrez, Gabriel Durazo-Martinez and Hector Ceballos-Adete.

Before BALDOCK, BRISCOE, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.


BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

Under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.0, a sentencing court may depart downward and impose a sentence outside the applicable guideline range where "there exists an aggravating or mitigating circumstance of a kind, or to a degree, not adequately taken into consideration by the Sentencing Commission in formulating the guidelines that should result in a sentence different from that described." This appeal requires us to determine whether the district court...

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