U.S. v. Velasquez, No. 01-1599 (3rd Cir.) (304 F.3d 237) (September 20, 2002) (Judge Joseph F. Jr. Weis)
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published in Punch and Jurists
September 02, 2002
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Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences.
This is an important Guidelines case, because it is the first case we have seen that both questions and challenges the widely held (but relatively recent) assumption that U.S.S.G. § 5G1.2(d) gives the Government virtual blanket authority to insist on the imposition of consecutive sentences whenever it decides that the …
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