U.S. v. Oser, No. 95-1107 (3rd Cir.) (107 F.3d 1080) (March 6, 1997) (Judge Dolores K. Sloviter)
Loaded on April 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
April 14, 1997
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Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration.
See U.S. v. Torres, Docket No. 98-3006 (10th Cir. 7/7/99) where this approach was criricized.
The Court held that because the district court did not take the defendant's prior sentence into account in determining his base offense level for the instant offense, the prior sentence was not relevant …
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