Legal Opinion
United States v. Kevin Washington
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1998No. 97-1578PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant, Kevin Washington, challenges the sentence of the district court, which revoked his supervised release and sentenced him to a term of imprisonment that exceeded the recommended range contained in the policy statements of Chapter 7 of the Sentencing Guidelines. Washington concedes, as he must, that the district court was free to impose a sentence in excess of the recommended range because the policy statements in Chapter 7 are merely advisory and do not constitute binding guidelines. Washington challenges his sentence as plainly unreasonable, however,…
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