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Type
Opinion
Author
Richard Allen Griffin
Filed
July 10, 2019
Case
United States v. Courtney Gillispie
Case status
Decided

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GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge. Defendant, Courtney Gillispie, appeals the district court's decision to depart upward at sentencing because his crime resulted in significant physical injury to his victim. Finding no abuse of discretion in the court's sentencing decision, we affirm. I. Defendant was indicted on one count of distributing fentanyl in viol…

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