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U.S. v. Walker, No. 99-3071 (3rd Cir.) (202 F.3d 181) (January 20, 2000) (Judge Edward R. Becker)

With some caustic words about the tendency of the Guidelines to force the courts to consider hair-splitting issues, the Court reversed an "official victim" enhancement under § 3A1.2(b) where an inmate assaulted a prison-cook supervisor.

The principal issue in this case was whether a prisoner who assaulted a “prison cook ...

 

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