United States v. Forrest S. Tucker

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “violation of law” connotes a limited circumstance such as denial of a procedural right, not an abuse of discretion
• holding that the defendant may not appeal a district court's decision not to depart downward
• holding that “violation of law” connotes a limited circumstance such as denial of a procedural right, not an abuse of discretion
• holding <br>that the defendant may not appeal a district court's decision not <br>to depart downward
• The legislative history \further implies that Congress did not intend to allow an appeal from a sentence within the Guidelines.\
• “If Congress meant ‘abuse of discretion,’ it would have said so.”

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