U.S. v. Nixon, No. 03-80793 (E.D.Mich.) (315 F.Supp.2d 876) (April 23, 2004) (Judge John Feikens)
Loaded on July 1, 2004
published in Punch and Jurists
July 05, 2004
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This is another of a number of recent cases in which a Federal judge has rebelled against the undisguised efforts of prosecutors to wrest total control over all aspects of sentencing away from the judiciary.
Here, the two defendants were originally indicted on drug charges in a Michigan state …
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