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U.S. v. Castillo, No. 05-3454-cr (2nd Cir.) (460 F.3d 337) (August 16, 2006) (Judge Robert A. Katzmann)

Loaded on July 1, 2006 published in Punch and Jurists July 17, 2006
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Crack v. Powdered Cocaine.

Joining the First, Fourth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits, the Second Circuit has now held that district courts “do not have the authority to reject unilaterally the 100:1 [crack-cocaine] sentencing ratio on policy grounds.” For two highly critical and astute commentaries about this ruling see “Second Circuit joins group mandating that ...

 

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