Opinion ID: 195128
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Legal Rationale for Departure.

Text: 15 The guidelines explicitly countenance upward departures pursuant to U.S.S.G. Sec. 4A1.3, based on the rationale adopted by the district court in this case: [T]he criminal history score is unlikely to take into account all the variations in the seriousness of criminal history that may occur.... particularly ... in the case of younger defendants (e.g., defendants in their early twenties or younger) who are more likely to have received repeated lenient treatment, yet who may actually pose a greater risk of serious recidivism than older defendants. U.S.S.G. Sec. 4A1.3, backg'd. (emphasis added). Given Fahm's youth, the similarity and contemporaneity of his criminal conduct, and the fact that he had but one countable prior sentence, see U.S.S.G. Sec. 4A1.2 cmt. 1, the district court correctly determined that departure was permissible pursuant to Sec. 4A1.3(d), (e), provided reliable information demonstrated that CHC II significantly underrepresented the seriousness of Fahm's actual criminal history and the risk of recidivism. Id. 16