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  • June 6, 2019
    decided Per curiam decision in United States v. Jeffery Havis

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Opinion Per curiam — no individual author June 6, 2019

PER CURIAM. Although it is neither a legislature nor a court, the United States Sentencing Commission plays a major role in criminal sentencing. But Congress has placed careful limits on the way the Commission exercises that power. Jeffery Havis argues that the Commission stepped beyond those limits here and, as a result, he deserves to be resentenced. We agree and REVERSE…

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