Federal Defenders of New York Second Circuit Blog

Refusal to Follow the Actual (and Ice) Methamphetamine Guideline Based on Policy Disagreement

Two judges in the Northern District of Iowa recently have announced that they disagree with on policy grounds, and no longer will follow, the marijuana equivalency called for in the Sentencing Guidelines when imposing sentences in cases involving actual methamphetamine and ice. The Sentencing Guidelines distinguish between a methamphetamine mixture and actual/pure methamphetamine or ice, … Read more