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Lots of interesting little sentencing rulings from the Sixth Circuit

By Douglas A. Berman

This morning brings a lot of notable little sentencing rulings from the Sixth Circuit, all of which practitioners should make sure to review if they have a pending matter related to these issues: Application of the safety-valve guideline sentencing adjustment (defendant loss in this case) Habeas relief from long state sentence based on problematic priors (defendant loss in this case) Defense authority to file a second habeas position raising new ex post facto claim (defendant win in this case) I would be especially grateful to hear in the comments from readers whether they see anything that is actually big in what seem to be three relatively little opinions.

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 18, 2010 (boomark / email).