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U.S. v. SCOTT

Nos. 89-CR-70, 89-CR-66.

757 F.Supp. 972 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Ronald L. SCOTT, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Charles THOMAS and Melvin Cooper, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

February 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxine White, Asst. U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for U.S.

Mark Pumpian, Milwaukee, Wis., for Ronald L. Scott.

Charles Blaha, Milwaukee, Wis., for Charles Thomas.

Debra J. Patterson, Milwaukee, Wis., for Melvin Cooper.

DECISION AND ORDER

TERENCE T. EVANS, District Judge.

The federal sentencing guidelines have been in effect since November 1, 1987. Since then, a steady chorus of district judges1 all over the country have raised serious doubts about their wisdom. One judge, A. Lawrence Irving, of San Diego, a 1982 appointee of President Ronald Reagan, resigned his commission over them. In my opinion, there is no other issue in the federal court...

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