Court Opinion

ID: 9438922
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 06:11:09.971892+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:26:00.837116
License: Public Domain

MERRITT, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
As I understand this case, the District Court sentenced the defendant well below the Guidelines because the defendant assisted the government. It departed downward at the government’s request. The defendant did not ask for any further downward departure or sentence reduction under any other name or theory. On appeal his argument is that the court below should have granted a further “downward departure sua sponte.” The only complaint I see in defendant’s appellate papers is that the District Court did not consider for sentencing purposes a reduction based on defendant’s war time related mental problems. The record is clear that the court did consider it. We do not have the authority to further reduce the sentence on appeal under the circumstances.