Legal Opinion
United States v. Phillips
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 1997No. 95-8850PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
The district court has sentenced Robert Phillips three times in this case, the government has appealed twice, and this is the third time the case has been before this Court. Technically speaking, this appeal presents issues involving the law of the ease doctrine, the career offender sentencing guidelines, and downward departure. More broadly speaking, this is one of those eases in which the district judge struggles against the constraints of the guidelines in order to impose what he feels is a proper sentence, only to be reined in by the court of appeals. We do so,…
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