Federal sentencing

• Author: Alan Ellis/Maureen Baird
• Pages: 165-466

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CHAPTER 9

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SENTENCING

§9:10 INTRODUCTION

§9:11 AN OVERVIEW OF THE GUIDELINES

§9:11.1 How the Offense of Conviction Affects the Guideline Range

§9:11.2 “Relevant Conduct”

§9:11.3 The Guidelines “Sentencing Range”

§9:12 CHOOSING THE CORRECT GUIDELINE MANUAL

§9:13APPLYING THE GUIDELINES

§9:13.1 Step One: Select the Offense Guideline

§9:13.2 Step Two: Determine the Base Offense Level

§9:13.3 Step Three: Specif‌ic Offense Characteristics

§9:13.4 Step Four: Cross References and Special Instructions

§9:13.5 Step Five: Adjustments Related to the Nature of the Victim, the

Defendant’s Role in the Offense, and Obstruction of Justice

§9:13.6 Step Six: Grouping

§9:13.7 Step Seven: Acceptance of Responsibility

§9:13.8 Step Eight: Criminal History Category

§9:13.9 Step Nine: The Guideline Range

§9:13.10 Special Situations—Career Offenders, ACCA, Repeat and

Dangerous Sex Offenders, Three Strikes, and Mandatory Minimums

§9:13.11 Other §3553(a) Factors

§9:13.12 Departures and Variances

§9:14 “SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE” MOTIONS, COOPERATION

AGREEMENTS, AND THE “SAFETY VALVE”

§9:14.1 “Substantial Assistance” Motions

§9:14.2 Cooperation Agreements

§9:14.3 The “Safety Valve”

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§9:15PROBATION, SPLIT SENTENCES,

AND COMMUNITY OR HOME CONFINEMENT

§9:16 WHEN THE DEFENDANT IS ALREADY SERVING A SENTENCE

§9:17 SUPERVISED RELEASE

§9:18 FINES, RESTITUTION, FORFEITURES, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS,

AND COSTS OF INCARCERATION

§9:19 APPEALS FROM SENTENCING DECISIONS

§9:20 AFTER SENTENCINGTAKING ADVANTAGE

OF FAVORABLE GUIDELINE AMENDMENTS

§9:30 ARTICLES

§9:30.1 At a Loss for Justice: Federal Sentencing for Economic Crimes

§9:30.2 Litigating in a Post-Booker World

§9:30.3 Federal Presentence Investigation Report

§9:30.4 Trends for Representing Child Pornography Offenders at Sentencing

§9:30.5 Child Pornography Guidelines Are Ripe for Challenge

§9:30.6 Tips on Sentencing the Sex Offender

§9:30.7 Inside Baseball: Interview With Former Federal Probation Off‌icer

§9:30.8 Sentencing May Change with Two Kennedy Clerks on High Court

§9:30.9 Gambling Addiction: Making the Case for Sentencing Relief

§9:30.10 Plea Bargained vs. Open Pleas: What the Data Reveal

§9:30.11 Does an Acquittal Now Matter at Sentencing? Reining in

Relevant Conduct Through a Recent Restitution Ruling

§9:30.12 Use of Video

§9:30.13 Using Moving Pictures to Build the Bridge of Empathy at Sentencing

§9:30.14 Manafort’s Sentencings—A Clarion Call to Re-Calibrate U.S.

Sentencing Guidelines

§9:30.15 The First Step Act of 2018—A Signif‌icant First Step in Sentencing Reform

§9:30.16 The 3Rs of Sentencing

§9:30.17 Sentencing in Chaos: How Statistics Can Harmonize the “Discordant

Symphony”

§9:30.18 “Drawn from Nowhere”: A Review of the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s

White-Collar Sentencing Guidelines and Loss Data

§9:30.19 Winning at Sentencing With Theories, Themes, and the Creative

Demonstration of Truth

§9:30.20 Stop Wagging the Dog: A Plea for the New Commission to Incorporate

Due Process and Higher Standards of Proof into the Sentencing Hearing

§9:30.21 Who’s Afraid of the Federal Judiciary

§9:30.22 What’s Your Water Worth?

§9:30.23 Tilting at Windmills: The Misplaced War on Child Pornography Offenders

§9:40 CHARACTER LETTER INSTRUCTIONS

§9:41 THE IMPORTANCE OF SENTENCING STATISTICS

§9:41.1 Effectively Using Statistics in Federal Sentencing

§9:42 SENTENCING TABLE

§9:50 ADVICE FROM THE BENCH

§9:50.1 What Judges Want to Know

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§9:50.2 White-Collar Clients

§9:50.3 Views from the Bench - Own the Mistake and Demonstrate Sincere

Remorse

§9:50.4 Representing the “Challenging” Client at Sentencing

§9:50.5 What Federal Judges Want to Know at Sentencing

§9:50.6 Recommendations Judge-by Judge

§9:50.6.1 Judges Jed Rakoff and Mark Bennett

§9:50.6.2 Judges Patrick J. Schiltz and Robert N. Scola, Jr.

§9:50.6.3 Judges John R. Adams, James S. Gwin, Richard G.

Kopf, Justin Quackenbush, Paul L. Friedman, Walter

Rice, Amy L. St. Eve, NI V.Wake, Jed Rakoff, Mark

Bennett, Patrick Schiltz, Robert N. Scola, Jr.

§9:50.6.4 Judges Cynthia A. Bashant and Jon D. Levy

§9:50.6.5 Judges John R. Adams, Otis D. Wright II, Justin L.

Quackenbush, and Walter H. Rice

§9:50.6.6 Judges James S. Gwin, Amy J. St. Eve,

and Paul L. Friedman

§9:50.6.7 Judges James C. Mahan, Mark L. Wolf,

Jerome B. Simandle

§9:50.6.8 Judges Robert L. Hinkle, Jed Rakoff,

Marcia S. Krieger, and Neil V. Wake

§9:50 .6.9 Judges Lawrence J. O’Neill and Morrison C. England, Jr.

§9:50.6.10 Judges Frederic Block and Charles R. Breyer

§9:50.6.11 Judges Rober t N. Scola, Jr., Amit P. Mehta,

James K. Bredar, and Paula Xinis

§9:50.6.12 Judges Ralph Erickson, Mark R. Hornak,

and Brian Anthony Jackson

9:50.6.13 Judge Nancy Gertner

§9:60 PRISON AND SENTENCING PRACTICE TIPS