Tuesday, January 24, 2017


US v. Joey, No. 15-10096 (1-19-17)(Ikuta w/Thomas & Bea).  Editorial note: This is an Az FPD case).  This concerns whether there was a procedural error in sentencing.  The error alleged was double counting: that a court should not calculate a Guidelines sentence under 2244(a)(5) (abusive sexual contact) using the Guideline for a 2260 conviction (sex offense against a minor while having to register). To do so, argues the defendant, would punish the same conduct as the 2260 conviction. The 9th holds there is no procedural error. A court is not precluded from using the 4B1.5 Guideline to calculate the offense for 2260.

The decision is here:

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/01/19/15-10096.pdf

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