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U.S. v. Cavera, No. 05-4591-cr (2nd Cir.) (550 F.3d 180) (December 4, 2008) (Judge Guido Calabresi)

Loaded on Nov. 1, 2008 published in Punch and Jurists November 10, 2008
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Post Booker (Non-Guidelines Sentences).

In this en banc decision, the Second Circuit upheld an unusual upward departure from the sentencing range recommended by the Guidelines in a firearms trafficking case where the illegal guns were destined for the New York black market. The district court (Judge Sifton of the E.D.N.Y.) had reasoned that a ...

 

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