U.S. v. Rodriguez, No. 94-1858 (1st Cir.) (63 F.3d 1159) (August 25, 1995) (Judge Sandra L. Lynch)
Here the Court held that it was not improper double counting to increase a defendant's sentence both for a leadership-role enhancement and by upwardly departing, both based on the unusually high purity of the drugs that were involved.
The defendant argued that his sentence was twice enhanced for the same …
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