Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//March 27, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Jaimie Pankow

Case No.: 17-1337

Officials: BAUER, RIPPLE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines

Jaimie Pankow pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1). The district court imposed a below-guidelines sentence of 84 months’ imprisonment and 5 years’ supervised release. On appeal, Ms. Pankow principally contends that meaningful review of her sentence is impossible because the district court did not specify how much it “departed” from the guidelines range as a result of the Government’s motion under U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1. We affirm because the court was not required to specify that detail: traditional departures need not be calculated separately before the court considers other factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).

Affirmed

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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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