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U.S. v. Sweeting, No. 99-3774 (3rd Cir.) (213 F.3d 95) (May 3, 2000) (Judge Morton I. Greenberg)

Loaded on July 1, 2000 published in Punch and Jurists July 10, 2000
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Family Circumstances.

This is one of those depressing Guidelines cases that shows the evils of “sentencing by the numbers.” The defendant in this case, the single mother of five children, aged five through 14, was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Based on her offense conduct and her prior ...

 

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