Legal Opinion
United States v. Rex Alan Lawton Iii, United States of America v. Margaret Marie Baheza
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 27, 1999No. 98-30267, 98-30283PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to determine the proper purposes for which a judge under the Sentencing Guidelines can consider real offense conduct outside the scope of the charges included in a plea agreement. We recognize that the Guidelines are premised upon a delicate balance between real offense and charge offense sentencing. See USSG § lA4(a), p.s. Maintaining this balance is particularly difficult, and particularly important, in the context of plea bargains.
Prosecutors suspected either Lawton or Baheza or both had abused their infant daughter, but they doubted they could…
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