Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//December 26, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Ricky Hatch

Case No.: 18-1282

Officials: BAUER, KANNE, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines

Ricky Hatch pleaded guilty to trafficking firearms from Indiana into Chicago. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(3), 924(a)(1)(D). The district judge sentenced him above the Sentencing Guidelines’ recommended range. The judge reasoned that the rise of gun violence in Chicago meant that the Sentencing Guidelines did not adequately reflect the seriousness cause the judge may depart from the Guidelines based on locality-specific factors, we affirm the judgment.

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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