Opinion ID: 2997046
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Heading: The Original Sentence and First Appeal

Text: At Roach’s original sentencing hearing, the district court granted her motion for a downward departure based on No. 03-3078 3 diminished capacity pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5K2.13.1 As explained in detail in Roach I, absent the downward departure, Roach would have been required to serve a minimum of 12 months in prison. See Roach I, 296 F.3d at 567. The court sentenced Roach to five years of probation, six weeks of work release at the Salvation Army Center, six weeks of home confinement with weekend electronic monitoring, and prohibited her from obtaining credit cards without the court’s prior permission. On appeal in Roach I, 296 F.3d at 571, we held that the record lacked sufficient evidence to conclude that Roach suffered from a significantly impaired mental capacity when she committed the offense. Accordingly, we found that the district court abused its discretion in granting the downward departure and we remanded her case for resentencing consistent with our ruling. Id. at 573.