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Kessack v. U.S., No. C05-1828Z (W.D.Wash.) (2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7739) (January 18, 2008) (Judge Thomas S. Zilly)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists January 07, 2008
Filed under: Retroactivity, Punch And Jurists.

This is a fascinating decision in which Judge Zilly granted the petitioner’s motion for a Writ of Audita Querella in order to remedy a “grave injustice,” thus allowing him to be resentenced and to raise a Booker issue retroactively at his resentencing.

This ruling by Judge Zilly involves …

 

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