Legal Opinion
United States v. Douglas
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 15, 2013No. 11-5384-crPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge CALAJBRESI concurs in the majority opinion and in a separate concurring opinion.
GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to decide whether a significantly above-guidelines sentence may be imposed in view of earlier sentencing leniency that turns out, after the fact, to have been unjustified. We conclude that above-guidelines sentences must be justified by reference to specific reasons that place the case outside the run of ordinary cases, and that the further the sentence departs from the typical sentence imposed for the conduct of conviction, the greater the justification…
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