By: Derek Hawkins//August 22, 2016//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America v. Richard Harrington
Case No.: 15-3486
Officials: BAUER, POSNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Sentence Reduction
Judge lacked clarity in explaining reasons for limited sentence reduction
“We don’t mean to suggest that Judge St. Eve, a very experienced, conscientious, and highly regarded judge, in fact erred in denying Harrington the full 25 percent sentence reduction that the government sought. She may or may not have. But a lack of clarity in her statement explaining that ruling leaves us unable to understand the reasoning process that led her to reject the government’s request for a 25 percent sentence reduction. Given our uncertainty we think it best to vacate the district court’s judgment and remand for reconsideration of the government’s motion”
Vacated and Remanded