United States v. Schmick’s Empirical Analysis
21 F.3d 11 · 1994
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2
Relies on Liteky v. United States · Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund v. Presti · United States v. Rivera · United States v. Colon · United States v. Salcido-Contreras
Most-quoted passages
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“We hold that absent some reason discernible on the record to believe that a district court had misgivings concerning its authority to depart downward on asserted grounds, the court’s failure to affirm its authority in declining to depart downward is not grounds for a remand. (Emphasis added).” 5 . Decisions and dispositions of appeals from sentencing are governed by 18 U.S.C. § 3742 (f), which was specifically enacted for that purpose, rather than 28 U.S.C. § 2106 , which generally gives courts of appellate jurisdiction the power to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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