Legal Opinion
Williams v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 9, 1992No. 90-6297PublishedCited by 1,215 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (Act), as amended, 18 U.S.C. §3551 et seq., 28 U.S.C. §§991-998, created the United States Sentencing Commission and empowered it to promulgate guidelines establishing sentencing ranges for different categories of federal offenses and defendants. The *196Act permits a district court to depart from the presumptive sentencing range prescribed by the Sentencing Guidelines only in certain circumstances. 18 U. S. C. § 3553(b). The Act also provides for limited appellate review of sentences in order to ensure the proper application of the Guidelines. § 3742. In this…
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