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U.S. v. Tocco, No. 98-2312 (6th Cir.) (200 F.3d 401) (January 5, 2000) (Judge Harry W. Wellford)

Here the Court rejected as inadequate the district court's findings that one ground for a valid downward departure was the defendant's wife's health, noting that such a departure requires the defendant to "personally" take care of her.

The defendant in this case was one of 16 defendants who were charged …

 

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