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Type
Opinion
Per curiam
Yes — no individual author
Filed
June 6, 2019
Case
United States v. Jeffery Havis
Case status
Decided

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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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