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"Whereas guidelines are binding on the courts, policy statements are merely advisory."
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United States v. Jonathan Boyd and Robert Keith Powell, Jonathan L. Boyd
whereas guidelines are binding on the courts, policy statements are merely advisory.
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State v. Ellison
See U.S. v. Brown, 938 F.2d 1482, 1485 (1st Cir.1991), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 992 , 112 S.Ct. 611 , 116 L.Ed.2d 633 (1991).
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United States v. Adams
See United States v. Brown, 938 F.2d 1482, 1485 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 992 , 112 S.Ct. 611 , 116 L.Ed.2d 633 (1991).
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United States v. Rosales
See United States v. Brown, 938 F.2d 1482, 1489 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 112 S.Ct. 611 , 116 L.Ed.2d 633 (1991); Rodriguez-Estrada, 877 F.2d at 159 ; Fed.R.Crim.P. 52(a).
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United States v. Rosales
See United States v. Brown, 938 F.2d 1482 , 1489 ___ _____________ _____ (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 112 S. Ct. 611 (1991); Rodriguez- _____ ______ __________ Estrada, 877 F.2d at 159 ; Fed.
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United States v. Timothy Tyrone Rockwell
See United States v. Blackston, 940 F.2d 877, 882 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 112 S.Ct. 611 , 116 L.Ed.2d 634 (1991).
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United States v. Orrin Lugard Jones, Also Known as O.J.
See United States v. Blackston, 940 F.2d 877, 893 (3d Cir.) (when working with Chapter 7 policy statements, district court not required to justify decision to impose sentence outside of prescribed range by finding aggravating factor warranting upward departure under 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (b)), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 112 S.Ct. 611 , 116 L.Ed.2d 634 (1991); see also United States v. Graves, 914 F.2d 159, 160 (8th Cir.1990) (per curiam) (“there is no requirement that the district court make specific findings relating to each of the factors considered”).
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Otsuki v. Dubois
The Supreme Court held in Ristaino v. Ross that the trial court must conduct specific questioning of the venire, aimed at ferreting out racial bias, when “racial issues [are] inextricably bound up with the conduct of the trial.” Ristaino v. Ross, 424 U.S. 589, 597 , 96 S.Ct. 1017 , 47 L.Ed.2d 258 (1976); see also United States v. Brown, 938 F.2d 1482, 1485 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 992 , 112 S.Ct. 611 , 116 L.Ed.2d 633 (1991) (holding that specific questioning on voir dire as to racial bias of the venire is not compulsory unless there is substantial evidence of the “likelihood o…
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United States v. Nick Berley Waycaster
See, e.g., United States v. Blackston, 940 F.2d 877, 883 (3d Cir.) ("When the charge is simple possession, the quantity of the drugs is generally irrelevant (as long as the defendant is found to have possessed a 'measurable amount') ...."), cert. denied, 112 S.Ct. 611 (1991); United States v. Bernard, 757 F.2d 1439, 1443 (4th Cir.1985) ("Quantity ... is not a consideration in cases of simple possession under 21 U.S.C.
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United States v. Robert W. Denard, A/K/A Scotia
(Nov.1993) (indicating that the policy statements of Chapter 7 are intended to provide guidance to the district courts); see also United States v. Blackston, 940 F.2d 877, 893 (3d Cir.) (policy statements of Chapter 7 are merely advisory and are not binding on the district courts), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 112 S.Ct. 611 , 116 L.Ed.2d 634 (1991). * Thus, district courts are free to consider the suggested ranges in the probation revocation tables, but are not bound to impose a sentence within that range.
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United States v. Cynthia Yvette Anderson
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Accordingly, the district court need not “make the explicit, detailed findings required when it departs upward from a binding guideline.” United States v. Jones, 973 F.2d 605, 607-608 (8th Cir.1992); see also, United States v. Blackston, 940 F.2d 877, 893-94 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 112 S.Ct. 611 , 116 L.Ed.2d 634 (1991).
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United States v. Ida Bermudez
See, e.g., United States v. Blackston, 940 F.2d 877 , 882 n. 7 (3d Cir.) (“Violation of supervised release is a separate offense_”), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 112 S.Ct. 611 , 116 L.Ed.2d 634 (1991); United States v. Smeathers, 930 F.2d 18, 19 (8th Cir.1991) (per euriam) (sentencing court properly focused on revocation conduct rather than original offense in imposing sentence); United States v. Scroggins, 910 F.2d 768, 770 (11th Cir.1990) (per curiam) (treating violation of supervised release as distinct from underlying crime).
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United States v. Jimmy Dale Lee
See, e.g., United States v. Blackston, 940 F.2d 877 (3d Cir.), cert. denied,-U.S. -, 112 S.Ct. 611 , 116 L.Ed.2d 634 (1991).
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Shupe
v.
United States
v.
United States
No. 91-6217.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Dec 2, 1991.
Published
Citer courts: Third Circuit (1)
C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.