Legal Opinion
United States v. Justin Jones
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2005No. 04-5618PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
Justin Jones appeals his 540-month sentence for carjacking. 18 U.S.C. § 2119. So far as we can discern from his brief and counsel’s presentation at oral argument, Jones claims the district court engaged in constitutionally impermissible judicial fact-finding as it determined the appropriate extent of a downward departure, which the district court granted on account of Jones’s substantial assistance to the government. See U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1. Because the extent of a downward departure for substantial assistance is not subject to appellate review and because the cases Jones…
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