POSTED: Friday, April 22nd, 2011 at 11:44 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Sentencing Guideline range When imposing a sentence outside of the applicable guideline range, the district court should explain the reason with reference to the sec. 3553(a) factors, not by reference to a guideline range the court thinks more appropriately reflects the defendant’s conduct. “The district court acknowledged that the probation officer had correctly identified both the offense level ...