JD Supra

In Summary Order, Second Circuit Provides Guidance to Courts Deciding Motions for Sentence Reductions

On February 16, 2017, the Second Circuit (Leval, Calabresi, Carney) issued a summary order in United States v. Lopez, No. 16-1019, vacating and remanding for reconsideration the district court’s ...
JD Supra

In Summary Order, Court Vacates Above-Guidelines Sentence for Lack of Justification, But Denies Request to Remand to Different Judge

Franco Lupoi was sentenced to 156 months on money laundering conspiracy and heroin trafficking conspiracy charges, in excess of the applicable Guidelines range and the 135 month sentence requested by ...
SCOTUSblog

Argument analysis: “Asking for crumbs” in judges’ explanations of sentencing modifications (Corrected)

Yesterday afternoon the Supreme Court heard argument in Chavez-Meza v. United States to resolve a circuit split about whether the district court must give any explanation for its decision in a ...
The Punch Newspapers

Summary writing: How to construct acceptable sentences (2)

Last week, we started discussing summary writing, focusing on how to write sentences that will guarantee the candidate a good mark in the section – in the West African Senior School Certificate ...