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Another Lesson Plan from Judge Gertner

By Tom Lincoln

In another of her impressive opinions on sentencing issues, Judge Gertner has issued a Sentencing Memorandum in United States v. Malouf, No. 03-cr-10298-NG (D.Mass. June 14, 2005).  The first few paragraphs read as follows:This case is about the interpretation of an important federal drug distribution statute, 21 U.S.C. § 841, under which the defendant Michael Malouf (?Malouf?) was indicted. Section 841 creates a staircase of sentences, with steep increases at each step ? statutory maximums read more

Full post as published by Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers on June 16, 2005 (boomark / email).