U.S. v. Charry Cubillos, No. 95-50237 (9th Cir.) (91 F.3d 1342) (September 9, 1996) (Judge Jerome Farris)
In this case, the defendant argued that the departure was warranted by "the need to avoid unwarranted sentence disparities among defendants with similar records who have been found guilty of similar conduct." 18 U.S.C. S 3553(a)(6). The district court followed the holding in United States v. Smith, 27 F.3d 649 ...
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