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U.S. v. Rios-Favela, No. 96-50128 (9th Cir.) (118 F.3d 653) (June 25, 1997) (Judge Stephen S. Trott)

Here the Ninth Circuit reversed a 10-level downward departure granted by the district court on the grounds that the defendant's aggravavated felony was not serious enough to warrant a 16-level increase in the sentence. The prior crime in question was selling narcotics - and the district court reasoned that the ...

 

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