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U.S. v. Rucker, No. 96-9412 (11th Cir.) (171 F.3d 1359) (April 9, 1999) (Judge Susan H. Black)

Loaded on May 1, 1999 published in Punch and Jurists May 17, 1999
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Adequacy of Criminal History Category.

Here the Eleventh Circuit held that a district court may not look behind drug convictions that qualify as serious drug offenses under the armed career criminal statute to justify a downward departure under the Guidelines.

In this case the district court agreed that the defendant was as armed career criminal ...

 

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