Federal Defenders of New York Second Circuit Blog

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As usual, sentencing issues occupy the court in its most recent pair of per curiam opinions. In Brown v. United States, No. 09-3495-pr (2d Cir. March 1, 2011) (Winter, Livingson, Lynch, CJJ) (per curiam), an appeal of the denial of a § 2255 motion, the court rejected an argument that the Sentencing Guidelines’ treatment of … Read more