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U.S. v. Wooley, No. 12-31085 (5th Cir.) (740 F.3d 359) (January 21, 2014) (Judge James L. Dennis)

Loaded on July 7, 2014 published in Punch and Jurists July 07, 2014
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Tapia Error.

In this case, the Fifth Circuit held that the District Court (Judge Ivan Lemelle of the E.D.La.) had committed plain legal error when it sentenced the defendant, Corey Wooley, to an above-Guidelines sentence of 30 months in prison, based on the District Court’s belief that the defendant needed drug treatment ...

 

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