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"Reasonably Predictable:" The Reluctance To Embrace Judicial Discretion For Substantial Assistance Procedures, India Geronimo Thusi
"Reasonably Predictable:" The Reluctance To Embrace Judicial Discretion For Substantial Assistance Procedures, India Geronimo Thusi
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This Comment focuses on the nuances of post-Booker cooperation departures and sentence variances. Section 5K1.1 of the Guidelines governs the provision of cooperation, or substantial assistance, departures. This provision was the primary method for defendants to receive cooperation departures prior to Booker. The section 5K1.1 provision allowed substantial assistance departures where the prosecution actually benefited from the defendant’s cooperation.
First, Part I.A of this Comment will provide an overview of the original goals of the Sentencing Commission and the section 5K1.1 substantial assistance provision. Part I.B of the Comment summarizes United States v. Booker and its impact on cooperation departures. …
Foreword: Structuring Sentencing Discretion: The New Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Ilene H. Nagel
Foreword: Structuring Sentencing Discretion: The New Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Ilene H. Nagel
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Negotiated Pleas Under The Federal Sentencing Guidelines: The First Fifteen Months, Ilene H. Nagel, Stephen J. Schulhofer
Negotiated Pleas Under The Federal Sentencing Guidelines: The First Fifteen Months, Ilene H. Nagel, Stephen J. Schulhofer
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