U.S. v. Williams, No. 98-50157 (9th Cir.) (185 F.3d 945) (May 28, 1999) (Per Curiam)
Loaded on Oct. 1, 1999
published in Punch and Jurists
October 04, 1999
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Sentencing Goals/Purposes/Practices.
Here the Court rejected a challenge to a sentence on the grounds that the sentence violated the Congressional mandate set forth in 28 USC § 994(g) that the Guidelines must minimize the likelihood that prison populations will exceed their capacity.
Nice try - but no bacon! In this case the ...
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