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Ninth Circuit: Washington’s Sentencing Guidelines, Not Statutory Maximum, Set Upper Limit for Sentence When Determining Grade of Violation of Supervised Release Under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2021 by Douglas Ankney published in Criminal Legal News January, 2022, page 36
Filed under: U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Revocation Proceedings. Location: Washington.

by Douglas Ankney

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the state of Washington’s mandatory sentencing guidelines set the upper limit for possible punishment for a state crime that U.S. district courts must abide by when determining the grade of violation of supervised release under the ...

 

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