Sentences with phrase «calculated guidelines range»

As hinted in this account, Lord Black got the benefit of very favorable guideline rulings at the outset of his sentencing and they got a sentence at the bottom of the calculated guideline range.

But my point is simply that there's a middle position between «no consideration of uncharged / acquitted conduct» and «use uncharged / acquitted conduct to calculate the guidelines range, with all the attendant consequences it entails.»

For a host of reasons, I would expect the calculated guideline range for Nassar on his federal child porn charges to be life imprisonment, and I would predict that he will get a richly deserved statutory maximum sentence of 60 years imprisonment at his upcoming federal sentencing.

Though I agree with the majority that the district court followed the proper procedures in calculating the Guidelines range and considering the 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a) factors, I disagree with the majority's conclusion that the sentence imposed is substantively reasonable, and thus, I respectfully dissent...

Not exact matches

The career - offender guideline helps calculate a defendant's criminal history score, which, in combination with a defendant's offense level, yields the defendant's sentencing range.

According to Gates» plea agreement with the special counsel's office, he faces an estimated sentencing guidelines range of between 57 and 71 months in jail and a fine between $ 20,000 and $ 200,000; those numbers could change when the guidelines range is ultimately calculated, the judge noted.

That is, you could say that the defendant's guidelines range has to be calculated by reference to facts admitted by the defendant or found by a jury.

As the Supreme Court just recently clarified in Gall, «the Guidelines should be the starting point and the initial benchmark» in determining a sentence and «a district court should begin all sentencing proceedings by correctly calculating the applicable Guidelines range.»

However, without explaining whether Valdes has been overruled by Gall or is distinguishable, the Ramirez opinion affirms simply because «the district court properly calculated the advisory guideline range, considered the relevant § 3553 (a) factors, articulated its reasons in open court, considered Ramirez's arguments, and had a reasoned basis for its decision.»

On appeal, we must ensure that the district court properly calculated the advisory Guidelines range as part of its overall consideration of the § 3553 (a) factors.

These guidelines suggest a range of money a spouse may be awarded as support, as calculated based on both spouses» incomes, as well as a variety of other factors.

For the first time, the bill was set to create alimony guidelines that calculated a presumptive range for the amount and length of spousal support.