U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Aug. 13, 2011
Circuit broadens judges' discretion in federal recidivism sentencing
Federal judges can more easily lengthen criminal sentences and order deportations based on a defendant's earlier convictions in state court for other crimes, a 9th Circuit en banc panel held Thursday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Federal judges can more easily lengthen criminal sentences and order deportations based on a defendant's earlier convictions in state court for other crimes, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc panel held Thursday.
Formerly, judges could look only at the generic nature of the prior, such as burglary, to see if the state law's component parts conformed precisely to the elements of federa...
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