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Sentence Reduction

By: Derek Hawkins//August 22, 2016//

Sentence Reduction

By: Derek Hawkins//August 22, 2016//

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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

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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