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U.S. v. Chabot, No. 95-1255 (2nd Cir.) (70 F.3d 259) (November 15, 1995) (Per Curiam)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 1996 published in Punch and Jurists January 01, 1996
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Sentences - Length/Severity of.

Citing a 1992 D.C. Circuit case, the Second Circuit raises an interesting possibility for a downward departure motion on the basis that the sentence violates the Eighth Amendment. It notes that "unless the disproportionality between crime and punishment is so extreme that it violates the Eighth Amendment, . . . ...

 

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