Legal Opinion
Phillip D. Scott v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 29, 1993No. 91-3413PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In 1990 Phillip D. Scott was sentenced to 57 months’ imprisonment. He did not appeal. In 1991 he filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, contending that the district judge had misapplied the Sentencing Guidelines in determining his sentence. The district judge conceded that he should not have increased Scott’s criminal history category under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.6 but declined to reduce the sentence, ruling that 57 months is independently justified as an upward departure from the Guidelines’ range.
The district judge addressed Scott’s arguments on the merits, just as if…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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