U.S. v. AGUIRRE

No. 99-50135.

214 F.3d 1122 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Miriam AGUIRRE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 19, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Cheng, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Timothy C. Lannen, Los Angeles, California for the defendant-appellee.

Before: HUG, Chief Judge, FERGUSON, Circuit Judge and RESTANI, Judge, United States Court of International Trade.


Opinion by Judge RESTANI; Concurrence by Judge FERGUSON.

RESTANI, Judge:

The district court sentenced Miriam Aguirre ("Aguirre" or "defendant") to 57 months imprisonment for her participation in brokering a drug deal. The government appeals a two level downward departure in defendant's sentence granted due to the absence of a local woman's prison. The government argues that Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(c) barred the district court from altering the sentence after the...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases