Sentences with phrase «under federal sentencing»

Also, the astronauts, under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, will likely face a much harsher sentence than if powder cocaine had been discovered.

In the United States, as a result of the limited scope of remedies available under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (1987), the courts have considered questions of sentencing fairness on constitutional grounds.

Retained at sentencing phase and obtained a 20 - level downward departure under federal sentencing guidelines (from a substantial sentence of incarceration to a 60 - day sentence at a halfway house and probation) for an individual who pled guilty to federal money - laundering conspiracy for misuse of U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utility Service funds.

When accused of a federal crime you face mandatory sentencing under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and a different set of rules that could result in strict and severe penalties.

I now hope that he will instruct all members of the Department of Justice to demonstrate similar compassion for other defendants sentenced under the federal sentencing guidelines.

As a result, some lawyers and compliance experts began to question whether creating a «dual role» compliance officer put the organization at risk of not receiving the benefits afforded under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines if the organization was ever in a position to need these benefits.

In Adelson, SDNY District Judge Jed Rakoff's granted an huge variance to a corporate president who faced a life sentence under the federal sentencing guidelines after a fraud conviction that resulted in $ 260 million in losses.

«What will be the likely offense level and sentencing range for Lay and Skilling under the federal sentencing guidelines?

She faces up to two years in prison under the federal sentencing guidelines for the charge, conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

He said the maximum sentence if the government is successful is 20 years and prison and a $ 250,000 fine but under federal sentencing guidelines it would likely be substantially less than that.

Not exact matches

During the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial in federal court in Boston, his lawyers have been trying to paint him as a mostly normal American kid who fell under the spell of his now - deceased older brother, ultimately joining him in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.

Assemblyman William Scarborough will face a prison sentence under two plea agreements he has reached with state and federal prosecutors.

He faced 24 to 30 months in prison under the suggested federal sentencing guidelines, which judges do not have to follow, but usually do.

To top it off, former Assemblymember Anthony Seminario was recently sentenced to six years on federal corruption charges, and a number of legislators are under federal investigation for their relationships with nonprofits.

He was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $ 280,000 in restitution, but the penalty was stayed pending a much - anticipated US Supreme Court decision involving the «honest services» section of the federal mail - fraud law under which he was tried.

Last week, two Assemblymembers were sentenced to prison for their ethics crimes and Governor Cuomo's «Buffalo Billion» economic development program was reported to be under scrutiny by federal prosecutors.

A second bill sponsored by Crespo reduces the maximum sentence for misdemeanor offenses by one day from one year to 364 days, an apparent technicality that could potentially spare thousands of immigrants from deportation under federal law over certain lesser offenses.

Green was joined by grandmothers of two of the young black men rounded up in the federal sweep and sentenced under the RICO statute.

But they would probably receive lesser terms under the advisory federal sentencing guidelines.

He could face three years in prison, a $ 250,000 fine and other financial penalties under the law, but the agreement notes his cooperation and that federal authorities will convey that to the judge at sentencing — if cooperation continues.

In the State Senate, two members have been indicted and a former Senator was sentenced to a year in jail in recent weeks, while six other Senators are potentially under federal investigation.

They will probably receive lesser terms under the advisory federal sentencing guidelines.

Assemblyman William Scarborough will face a one - year prison sentence under two plea agreements he has reached with state and federal prosecutors.

Gang member who killed transgender woman he was dating is first to be sentenced under federal hate crime law.

Such study shall encompass the extent to which other programs administered by the Secretary do or might contribute to the objectives set forth in clauses (1) and (2) of the preceding sentence and the method by which all such programs can be coordinated at Federal, State, and local levels with those carried out under this ACT to the end that individuals with the most severe handicaps are assured of receiving the kinds of assistance necessary for them to achieve such objects.

Vick is serving a 23 - month federal sentence for dogfighting, and he's under pressure as well to submit a plan for crawling out of debt to a bankruptcy judge.

However, a court may reduce (modify) to include any of the requirements relating to probation and community control, a legal sentence imposed by it within 60 days of its imposition; after the receipt by the court of a mandate issued by the appellate court upon affirmance of the judgment and / or sentence upon an original appeal; after receipt by the court of a certified copy of an order of the appellate court dismissing an original appeal from the judgment and / or sentence; or if further appellate review is sought in a higher court or in successively higher courts, after the highest state or federal court to which a timely appeal has been taken under authority of law, or when a petition for certiorari has been timely filed under authority of law, has written an order of affirmance or an order dismissing the appeal and / or denying certiorari.

Around the country, federal judges have grappled with ways to calculate reasonable sentences for corporate criminals under the guidelines that say the higher the financial losses the longer the sentence.

The 11th Circuit recently upheld his sentence as appropriate under today's harsh federal sentencing guidelines.

A person defending against federal charges daring to use their «right» to trial, is assigned a more severe prison sentence under the Sentencing Guidelines if they do not win the trial.

Sotomayor's Experience in Sentencing: Sentencing guru Doug Berman points out in two posts, here and here, that Sotomayor is unique in that she has actually had experience sentencing defendants under federal guidelines, including during the time where the guidelines were Sentencing: Sentencing guru Doug Berman points out in two posts, here and here, that Sotomayor is unique in that she has actually had experience sentencing defendants under federal guidelines, including during the time where the guidelines were Sentencing guru Doug Berman points out in two posts, here and here, that Sotomayor is unique in that she has actually had experience sentencing defendants under federal guidelines, including during the time where the guidelines were sentencing defendants under federal guidelines, including during the time where the guidelines were mandatory.

In its factum the federal government noted: «It is acknowledged that, for a file to be processed under the ITOA, there does not need to be a minimum of six months left on the offender's Canadian sentence at the time of the application, the time of receipt of the application or at the time of the decision by the Minister.»

In federal cases, the IPA allows an inmate «under a sentence of imprisonment or a sentence of death» to apply for post-conviction DNA testing.

Under federal law, people convicted of drug offenses are subject to strict mandatory minimum sentences based largely on the quantity of drugs possessed by the defendant.

I generally believe (and often have argued) that a wide range of considerations can and should be brought to bear as a federal sentencing judge considers, under 18 U.S.C § 3553 (a), what sentence will be «sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with the purposes set forth» by Congress.

As reported in this official press release, this morning «the United States Sentencing Commission approved publication of several proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines, including proposals addressing the treatment of synthetic drugs under the guidelinSentencing Commission approved publication of several proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines, including proposals addressing the treatment of synthetic drugs under the guidelinsentencing guidelines, including proposals addressing the treatment of synthetic drugs under the guidelines.»

A conviction under the state's version of the federal RICO statute, known as the New York Enterprise Corruption Law, can result in a sentence of up to 25 years in state prison, not to mention significant fines and asset forfeiture to make restitution.

In fact, a conviction under the New York Enterprise Corruption Law — the state's version of the federal RICO statute, can result in a state prison sentence of up to 25 years, significant fines, asset forfeiture, restitution and more.

Notably, in an effort to cover all her bases, Judge Robinson did close her McBride opinion by stating: «And, if the federal sentencing guidelines were declared facially invalid, in imposing a sentence under the indeterminate regime predating the Sentence Reform Act, this Court would impose the very sentence it imposes nowsentence under the indeterminate regime predating the Sentence Reform Act, this Court would impose the very sentence it imposes nowSentence Reform Act, this Court would impose the very sentence it imposes nowsentence it imposes now.»

(I have previously discussed in this post how one of these article provides an intriguing glimpse into Alito's view of sentencing under the federal guidelines.)

Federal Sentencing Guidelines, found under 18 U.S. Code § 3553, are intended to provide federal judges with consistent sentencing ranges, based on how serious the crime was as well as the individual offender's criminal history and characterFederal Sentencing Guidelines, found under 18 U.S. Code § 3553, are intended to provide federal judges with consistent sentencing ranges, based on how serious the crime was as well as the individual offender's criminal history and characSentencing Guidelines, found under 18 U.S. Code § 3553, are intended to provide federal judges with consistent sentencing ranges, based on how serious the crime was as well as the individual offender's criminal history and characterfederal judges with consistent sentencing ranges, based on how serious the crime was as well as the individual offender's criminal history and characsentencing ranges, based on how serious the crime was as well as the individual offender's criminal history and characteristics.

Under federal law identity theft is a crime, and any person who «knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person» during or in relation to another enumerated (generally fraud - related) felony, receives an additional two - year sentence.

In Booker, the Court struck down the federal sentencing guidelines system under the Apprendi rule.

In a key sentencing decision handed down this year, the United States Supreme Court held that the Ex Post Facto Clause is violated when a defendant is sentenced under provisions of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines promulgated after he committed the crime and those new provisions result in an increased risk of greater psentencing decision handed down this year, the United States Supreme Court held that the Ex Post Facto Clause is violated when a defendant is sentenced under provisions of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines promulgated after he committed the crime and those new provisions result in an increased risk of greater pSentencing Guidelines promulgated after he committed the crime and those new provisions result in an increased risk of greater punishment.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times provides a news update headlined «High court gives sentencing judges more power; The justices» decision allows for greater ease in setting lower prison terms under strict federal cocaine laws.»

The sentence was more than five years under the sentencing range outlined in the federal sentencing guidelines, but over Dubina's dissent, two other judges affirmed the seven - year term.

These days, since there is now a right to appeal a criminal conviction under state law or federal statute (but not the U.S. Constitution), a writ of habeas corpus is only brought when direct appeals of a conviction have been exhausted, often several years after the original conviction (which makes a writ of habeas corpus only useful for convictions involving long sentences of incarceration).

The judge then imposed an added eighty - four months of sentence on top of the forty - six months — as required under the federal law that imposes a mandatory minimum sentence for brandishing a gun.

Recall that the May 2017 Sessions Memo said federal prosecutors «should in all cases seek a reasonable sentence under the factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553.

In his view, any ICO that involved US residents (as issuers or investors) and failed to register with the Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (FinCEN)-- a Treasury bureau tasked with preventing and investigating financial crimes — could be charged under 18 U.S.C § 1960, a federal felony criminal statute that carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.