Legal Opinion
United States v. Dewain Moses
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1997No. 95-6066PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
A criminal whose sentencing had been postponed because he was dangerously deranged finally faced sentencing. He had already been confined, as a committed patient, far longer than the normal guidelines range of twelve to eighteen months. A sentence in that range would mean his imminent freedom. To delay the apparent hazard of this man’s liberty, the district judge instead sentenced him to ten years in prison, by means of an “upward departure” pursuant to USSG §§ 5K2.0 and 5K2.14. We are asked to determine whether that exercise of judgment was correct. We hold that it was…
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