Legal Opinion
Jose Gubiensio-Ortiz v. Al Kanahele, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional Center, San Diego, California, United States of America v. Raul Chavez-Sanchez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1988No. 88-5848, 88-5109PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
We consider the constitutionality of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA), Pub. L. No. 98-473, tit. II, ch. II, 98 Stat. 1987 (codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. §§ 3551-3742 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 991-998).
Facts
A. In 1984, Congress consummated a decade-long effort to revolutionize federal sentencing law by creating the United States Sentencing Commission as “an independent commission in the judicial branch of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 991(a) (Supp. IY 1986). Congress charged the Commission with eliminating unwarranted sentencing disparities among “defendants with…
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