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U.S. v. Comstock, No. 97-4399 (8th Cir.) (154 F.3d 845) (September 3, 1998) (Judge David R. Hansen)

Loaded on Oct. 1, 1998 published in Punch and Jurists October 19, 1998
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Guideline Amendment/Variances and Retroactivity.

Case held that the sentencing court's use of a subsequent version of the Guidelines, rather than the version in effect when the defendant committed his crime, violated the Ex Post Facto Clause and was plain error.

 

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