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Three wise sentencing opinions coming from the east (and west) this holiday week

By Douglas A. Berman

I should know better than to try biblical allusions during this holiday week, but a trio of new and notable sentencing opinions from the First Circuit make a three wise men analogy almost irresistible. The these opinions sharing sentencing wisdom from the east are US v. Giggey, No. 07-2317 (1st Cir. Dec. 22, 2008) (available here), US v. Sherman, No. 08-1385 (1st Cir. Dec. 22, 2008) (available here), and US v. Caraballo, No. 08-1555 (1st Cir. Dec. 22, 2008) (available here).  Here is a quick account of what's covered in these cases: Caraballo considers whether "the Sentencing Commission's recent amendment to the drug quantity table, USSG App. C, Amend. 706 (2007), offer[s] a potential remedy to a defendant who, although convicted of a drug-trafficking offense involving crack cocaine, was ultimately sentenced as a career offender...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 23, 2008 (boomark / email).