JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge: This appeal of a sentence poses procedural and substantive issues concerning the exercise of a district court’s authority to impose a sentence above the range specified in the applicable sentencing guideline, i.e., to make an upward “departure.” Won Tae Kim appeals from the May 12, 1989, judgment of the District Court for the Easte…
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