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· 8/22/2012

United States v. Francisco Castillo

Citations

  • 695 F.3d 672
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 17746
  • 2012 WL 3590860

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating a departure “far above the top” of the Guidelines range requires more justifi- cation than an incremental departure
  • noting the purpose of requiring more compelling justifications for more substantial departures is to “enable the court of appeals to assess the reasonableness of the sentence imposed”
  • stating a departure “far above the top” of the Guidelines range requires more justifi- cation than an incremental departure
  • noting the purpose of requiring more compelling justifications for more substantial departures is to “enable the court of appeals to assess the reasonableness of the sentence imposed”
  • outlining these two methods to assess propri- ety of any degree of deviation
  • outlining these two methods to assess propri- ety of any degree of deviation

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Judges: Posner, Manion, Tinder

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