Opinion ID: 785471
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Barresi I

Text: 4 Barresi appealed his sentence, contending (1) that the district court had considered impermissible factors in determining the extent of the departure, (2) that the court made clearly erroneous factual findings with respect to Barresi's lack of remorse, and (3) that the magnitude of the departure was unreasonable. This Court, noting that Barresi challenged only the extent of the departure, not the decision to depart itself, found merit in his first and second contentions. We concluded (1) that there was insufficient evidence to support the court's finding of lack of remorse, and (2) that Barresi's past record was a factor already taken into account by the Guidelines in determining his criminal history category and thus could not properly be taken into account by the court in deciding the extent to which to depart. See Barresi I, 316 F.3d at 74-75. 5 Having concluded that the district court erred in considering those two factors in determining the extent to which to depart, and that a remand was thus necessary, we did not reach Barresi's third contention: 6 Barresi urges us to rule on whether the magnitude of the departure was reasonable, given the remaining, permissible considerations before the court, namely, the effects of Barresi's offense, both on the FBI and on his victim. We decline to do so. Having found that the district court relied on some improper grounds in determining the extent of departure, the appropriate course is to remand for resentencing.... We do not doubt that on remand the district court will reassess the magnitude of departure, taking into account only the extent of the harm to the FBI and Barresi's victim, and will reach a decision to which great deference is due. 7 Id. at 75-76. 8 Our opinion in Barresi I was issued in mid-December 2002. The government requested and was granted time to petition for a rehearing en banc but filed no such petition. In March 2003, Barresi moved to have the mandate issue forthwith. The mandate was issued on March 11, 2003.