U.S. v. Johnson, No. 94-2958 (8th Cir.) (56 F.3d 947) (June 8, 1995) (Judge David R. Hansen)
In this carjacking case, the Court held that an upward departure of 180 months (increasing defendant's sentence to 1,253 months) for unusually heinous conduct was not an abuse of discretion.
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