The 2nd Circuit has vacated a defendant's sentence of home confinement for violating the antitrust laws, finding it unreasonably lenient even under the now-advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. The decision is one of the first, if not the first, where the circuit has reversed as unreasonable a substantial deviation from the recommended guidelines sentence. Chief Judge John M. Walker Jr. said the appeal raised several important issues in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's Booker ruling.
June 19, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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A federal appeals court has vacated a defendant’s sentence of home confinement for violating the antitrust laws, finding it unreasonably lenient even under the now-advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
The decision is one of the first, if not the first, where the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found that a substantial deviation from the recommended guidelines sentence must be reversed because it was unreasonable.
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