Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Singh, No. 16-1111-cr (2nd Cir.) (877 F.3d 107) (December 12, 2017) (Judge Denny Chin) by This is a model Guidelines sentencing decision filled with nuggets of pure gold in which the district judge (Katherine Forrest of the S.D.N.Y.) was sharply rebuked for imposing an above-Guidelines sentence in an …

U.S. v. Musgrave, No. 15-3043 (6th Cir.) ( F.3d ) (May 4, 2016) (Judge Jane B. Stranch) by This is the Sixth Circuit’s second crack at the non-incarceratory sentence imposed on Paul Musgrave who was convicted by a jury of various white-collar crimes - namely one count of conspiracy to …

U.S. v. Robinson, No. 13-2308 (6th Cir.) (778 F.3d 515) (February 18, 2015) (Judge Eric L. Clay) by The debate over what is an appropriate sentence for the possession of child pornography continues to rage in the courts. And, while most of the child porn sentencing decisions involve a discussion …

U.S. v. Amezcua-Vasquez, No. 07-50239 (9th Cir.) (586 F.3d 1176) (November 10, 2009) (Per Curiam) by In a ruling marked by the strong dissent of 7 judges, the full court declined to grant a rehearing en banc of a prior decision that was described as “the first published opinion . …

U.S. v. Amezcua-Vasquez, No. 07-50239 (9th Cir.) (567 F.3d 1050) (June 1, 2009) (Judge Jr. William C. Canby) by We believe that this is the first published decision by a Circuit Court of Appeals in which a within-Guidelines sentence has been held to be substantively unreasonable; and, while the panel’s …