Legal Opinion
United States v. Grier
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 26, 2009No. 07-3507PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to interpret the United States Sentencing Guidelines (USSG) as applied to Calvin Grier III, who was deemed a career offender under USSG § 4B1.1. The District Court-following the guidance of the United States Probation Office — held it had discretion to grant Grier a downward departure under USSG § 4A1.3 as to his criminal history category, but not with respect to his offense level. In United States v. Shoupe, 35 F.3d 835 (3d Cir.1994), 1 we held that a prior version of § 4A1.3 authorized district courts to reduce a career…
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