Legal Opinion

United States v. Blake

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided March 15, 2000No. CR 98-979 JBWPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION.331

II. FACTS.331

A. Crime.331

B. Guidelines .332

C. Defendant’s Background.332

D. Psychiatric Profile .333

E. Victim.334

F. First Sentencing Hearing.335

G. Victim’s Reaction.336

H. Post-Hearing Rehabilitation.336

I. Second Sentencing Hearing.337

III. CAN THE COURT DEPART? .338

A. Diminished Capacity .338

B. Aberrant Act.339

C. Extraordinary Family Circumstances.339

D. Probabilities of Rehabilitation .339

IV. SHOULD THE COURT DEPART?.340

A. Rehabilitation.340

1. What is Rehabilitation?.341

2. Growth of the Rehabilitative…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Koon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  4. United States v. KDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2001
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