A sentencing decision last week by the full 11th Circuit 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. One attorney said the ruling will make district court judges less likely to stray from the federal sentencing guidelines.
August 03, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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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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