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Some sentencing questions after Senator Stevens conviction

By Douglas A. Berman

There are so many ideas and questions bouncing in my head in the wake of US Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska being convicted Monday afternoon on all seven counts in his federal corruption trial.  Here are just a few of these questions: 1.  What will be Senator Stevens' precise guideline range as calculated by the probation office and prosecutors?  (And might there be a dispute over the guideline calculations as there was in the Scooter Libby case?) 2.  Will Senator Stevens seek a "traditional" downward departure from the guidelines based on, say, his age or other offender characteristic that the guidelines deem "not ordinarily relevant"? 3.  Which 3553(a) factors will Senator Stevens seek to emphasize if/when seeking a below-guideline sentence? 4...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).