U.S. v. Brooke, No. 01-3020 (D.C. Cir.) (308 F.3d 17) (October 25, 2002) (Judge Merrick B. Garland)
The principal message from this case is that the Guidelines “do not permit a downward departure for elderly defendants who are in good health.” (Id., at 22, n. 5.). Based principally on that premise, the D.C. Circuit held that the district court’s decision not to grant a downward departure to ...
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