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U.S. v. Algahaim, No. 15-2024(L) (2nd Cir.) (842 F.3d 796) (December 1, 2016) (Judge Jon O. Newman)

Loaded on Dec. 1, 2016 published in Punch and Jurists December 05, 2016
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Lack of Empirical Support for Guidelines Sentence.

This is a curious sentencing decision in which the Court concluded that the Sentencing Commission’s method of calculating losses “may” have overstated the seriousness of the offenses in this fraud case which “may” justify a different sentence.

This is another curious sentencing decision from the Second Circuit that first raised ...

 

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