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· 10/7/2013

Irish v. Overstreet

Citations

  • 134 S. Ct. 121
  • 187 L. Ed. 2d 86
  • 82 U.S.L.W. 3181
  • 571 U.S. 851
  • 2013 WL 2357830
  • 2013 U.S. LEXIS 6378

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  • holding that Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(i)(4)(A)(ii) does not establish a right to call witnesses in mitigation for any purpose
  • noting that factors “’are broad, vague, and open-ended,’ leaving the sentencing judge with ‘considerable discretion to individualize the sentence to the offense and offender as long as the judge’s reasoning is consistent with § 3553(a).’”

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