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April 15, 2008
SCOTUS Looks into Whether Judges Must Notify After Sentencing Guideline Deviation
From NPR.com: The Supreme Court on Tuesday hears a case involving whether a judge
must notify the defense if he deviates from the Federal Sentencing
Guidelines. A pre-sentence report recommended a sentence of 41 to 51
months in prison for a California man who pleaded guilty to threatening
his wife. Without notifying defense counsel, the judge rejected the
recommendation and instead sentenced the man to the maximum penalty of
five years in prison. Listen. . . [Mark Godsey]
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