Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Schwegel
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 7, 1997No. 97-1082PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This appeal presents the question whether under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(4), as amended in 1994, a district court, in imposing a term of imprisonment upon revocation of supervised release, is required (in the absence of grounds for departure) to impose a term within the range indicated by U.S.S.G. § 7B1.4 (Policy Statement). Prior to the 1994 amendment, we held that the sentencing ranges set out in U.S.S.G. § 7B1.4 were merely advisory. United States v. Blackston, 940 F.2d 877, 892-93 (3d Cir.1991). Since the 1994 amendment, all but one of the courts of appeals that have…
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