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Kimbrough v. United States, 552 U.S. 85 (2007), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court confirmed that federal district judges utilize, in an advisory (not as law) fashion, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, in cases involving conduct related to possession, distribution, and manufacture of crack cocaine.
In most cases, the granting of credit may be machine-based with reference to a bank officer only being made when larger sums of money are involved. Where the pecuniary advantage is the obtaining of an overdraft facility at a bank, it is only necessary to show that the facility was granted, not that the defendant actually used the facility.
The Guidelines are the product of the United States Sentencing Commission, which was created by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. [3] The Guidelines' primary goal was to alleviate sentencing disparities that research had indicated were prevalent in the existing sentencing system, and the guidelines reform was specifically intended to provide for determinate sentencing.
Disgraced former Congressman George Santos' sentencing in his New York federal fraud trial has been delayed two months. A federal judge on Long Island agreed Wednesday to delay the sentencing ...
Caroline Ellison was sentenced to 2 years in prison for her role in the $11 billion FTX fraud. Prosecutors and her lawyers both asked for zero time behind bars — but it was up to a judge.
A federal judge on Wednesday delayed George Santos' sentencing on fraud and identity theft charges, after the disgraced former U.S. congressman requested time to continue his "Pants on Fire ...
R v Ingram, C., Ingram, D. and Whittock, T. was a 2003 English Crown Court fraud case in which Major Charles Ingram, his wife Diana and college lecturer Tecwen Whittock were found guilty of procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception—obtaining a signed cheque for £1 million—by cheating on the filming of the UK game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Lowe pleaded guilty to securities fraud last September with sentencing scheduled for March, according to court records. He faces a maximum of five years in prison. He faces a maximum of five years ...