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U.S. v. Taylor, No. 06-2216 (1st Cir.) (499 F.3d 94) (August 17, 2007) (Judge Juan R. Torruella)

Loaded on Oct. 1, 2007 published in Punch and Jurists October 15, 2007
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Here the Court affirmed a district court’s broad use a defendant’s “extraordinary good works” pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5H1.11 as the justification for imposing a non-Guidelines sentence; although it then held that the size of the departure was unreasonable.

This decision is noted for its unusually broad endorsement of the ...

 

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