UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael David CARPENTER, Defendant-Appellant

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• holding that where the Guidelines range was six to 12 months for the underlying offense, the contempt should be classified as a “Class A misdemeanor”
• holding that where the Guidelines range was six to 12 months for the underlying offense, the contempt should be classified as a \Class A misdemeanor\
• rejecting the contention “all criminal con-tempts should be treated as Class A felonies”
• rejecting the contention \all criminal contempts should be treated as Class A felonies\
• upholding application of the Sentencing Guidelines and analogizing criminal contempt to obstruction of justice to find six-to twelve-month sentencing range
• “[T]he sentencing range reflects the judge’s assessment of the severity of the contemnor’s conduct.”

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