A sentencing decision by the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week came in a particularly extreme child sex case, but the ruling could impact a broad range of criminal cases in Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
A dissenting judge who deemed the majority’s approach “shocking” wrote that the decision could prompt more sentencing appeals because it gives appellate panels more leeway to dictate a new sentence.
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