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Court: Judges Can Consider Acquitted Conduct at Sentencing

By Mike Scarcella

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Federal trial judges enjoy wide discretion in sentencing defendants and can consider acquitted conduct in determining the punishment range, the U.S.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled yesterday in a drug possession case. The defendant, Sorenson Oruche, was challenging...

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