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U.S. v. Leal-Felix, No. 09-50426 (9th Cir.) (665 F.3d 1037) (November 30, 2011) (Judge N. Randy Smith)

Loaded on Dec. 12, 2011 published in Punch and Jurists December 12, 2011
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Traffc Stops.

Here the en banc court, by a 10-1 vote, reversed an earlier, highly-contentious decision by a divided panel and held that a traffic stop is not a formal “arrest” for purposes of calculating a defendant’s criminal history category under USSG § 4A1.2(a).

In U.S. v. Leal-Felix, 625 F.3d 1118 (9th ...

 

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