United States v. Hargrett

How courts have described this case

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• ʺThough a sentencing judge retains discretion . . . he must demonstrate that he has thoughtfully discharged his statutory obligation [under § 3553(c)], with a degree of care appropriate to the severity of the punishment ultimately selected.ʺ
• “A downward departure based on Section 5K1.1 does not require the district judge to pick a new offense level and a particular sentence within the range set for that level; rather, the court may simply pick a sentence of so many months without mention of an offense level.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).