Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//January 30, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Skylar D. Henshaw

Case No.: 17-1628

Officials: KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and DURKIN, District Judge

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines

The district court sentenced Skylar D. Henshaw, a career offender, to five years’ probation–a sentence 151 months lower than the bottom end of his guidelines range and 57 months lower than the sentence recommended by Henshaw’s counsel. Because we find this departure substantively unreasonable, we vacate Henshaw’s sentence and remand for resentencing.

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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