U.S. v. Bridges, No. 97-3144 (D.C. Cir.) (175 F.3d 1062) (May 18, 1999) (Judge Merrick B. Garland)
Loaded on July 1, 1999
published in Punch and Jurists
July 05, 1999
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Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration.
Here the Court upheld a three level increase in the defendant's criminal history category based on a series of convictions despite the defendant's arguments that they were too old and too dissimilar under the provisions of U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(e).
Under the Guidelines, prior sentences imposed more than 15 …
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