U.S. v. CRAVEN

No. 02-1706.

358 F.3d 11 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Alfred CRAVEN, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dina M. Chaitowitz, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney and Michael D. Ricciuti, Assistant United States Attorney were on brief, for appellant.

Stephen Hrones, with whom Hrones & Garrity was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

The government challenges a downward departure in the sentencing of Alfred Craven, a leader of an elaborate marijuana trafficking venture that operated for several years in California and Massachusetts. The district court found that Craven, a former drug user, had demonstrated such "extraordinary rehabilitation" in changing his lifestyle prior to his arrest that he was entitled to a 37-month downward...

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