United States v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
968 F.2d 1167 · 1992
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Burns v. United States · Conway v. Statesman Mortgage Co. · In re Disbarment of Johnson · Gozlon-Peretz v. United States · Gozlon-Peretz v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“such a practice would be of little use in reducing the risk of error in sentencing determinations. A contemporaneous warning of upward departure might sharpen defense counsel’s rhetoric, but it would not be of much help in enabling him to present evidence on disputed facts he had not previously meant to contest, or in preparing him to address the legal issue of the adequacy of the Guidelines in reflecting a particular aggravating circumstance. Contemporaneous notice, would, then, probably him out to be more a formality than a substantive benefit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he PSI did not recommend an upward departure; nor did the Government present the court with a prehearing submission recommending an upward departure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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