United States v. Haipe, No. 11-3003 (D.C. Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to four counts of hostage-taking where he kidnapped 16 civilians in the Philippines. The court rejected defendant's claim that the district court should have applied a part of the Sentencing Guidelines that came into effect after the offense, and that the district court should have not applied the terrorism enhancement under U.S.S.G. 3A1.4(a); the district court did not err in applying the enhancement where defendant conceded that he conditioned the hostage release on government policy commitments and such a bargaining stance falls squarely within the statutory language; and the district court did not err in departing downward from the Guidelines based on defendant's incarceration before his extradition to the United States. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
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