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Opaque Eighth Circuit ruling rejects challenge to long gun-possession sentence

By Douglas A. Berman

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In most published sentencing opinions upholding sentences against a defendant's challenge, a circuit court panel often provides a detailed description of the crime and its aggravating factors. For this reason, I often get suspicious when I see an opinion like...

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 05, 2009 (boomark / email).

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