Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Sentamu, No. 99-1315 (2nd Cir.) (212 F.3d 127) (May 12, 2000) (Judge Amalya Lyle Kearse) by In this case District Judge Sifton granted a defendant a one-level downward departure from his Guideline sentencing range of 30-37 based on the defendant's "voluntary agreement to be deported from the United …

U.S. v. Rodriguez-Lopez, No. 98-50674 (9th Cir.) (198 F.3d 773) (December 20, 1999) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt) by Here a divided panel from the Ninth Circuit held that an alien/defendant's offer to stipulate to deportation is a vaild basis for a downward departure frim the Guidelines sentencing range regardless of whether …

U.S. v. Galvez-Falconi, No. 97-1614 (2nd Cir.) (174 F.3d 255) (April 12, 1999) (Judge John M. Jr. Walker) by In the first decision of its kind in the Second Circuit, the panel in this case held that "in exceptional circumstances, a district court has the authority under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.0 …

U.S. v. Marin-Castaneda, No. 97-5252 (3rd Cir.) (134 F.3d 551) (January 22, 1998) (Judge Timothy K. Lewis) by The 67 year-old defendant in this case pled guilty to importing 1,227 grams of heroin in ingested pellets. He was sentenced to 57 months in prison. On appeal his principal argument was …

U.S. v. Clase-Espinal, No. 96-1881 (1st Cir.) (115 F.3d 1054) (June 19, 1997) (Judge Conrad K. Cyr) by This case is noted in part because it discussed at length an April 28, 1995 memorandum issued by Attorney-General Reno, entitled "Deportation of Criminal Aliens", which authorizes U.S. Attorneys to agree to …