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U.S. v. McVay, No. 04-13455 (11th Cir.) (447 F.3d 1348) (May 5, 2006) (Judge Stanley Marcus)

Loaded on March 1, 2006 published in Punch and Jurists March 20, 2006
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Reasonableness of Sentence.

In this case, the Eleventh Circuit addressed the reasonableness of downward departures in the post-Booker world; and its ruling gives credence to the wide-held belief that there are different standards for determining the reasonableness of upward departures versus downward departures.

This high-profile white-collar case involved the sentencing of the 65-year ...

 

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