The question in this case is whether a district court may depart upward from the sentencing range established by the Sentencing Guidelines without first notifying the parties that it intends to depart. We hold that it may not.
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Petitioner William Burns was employed by the United States Agency for International Development (AID) from 1967 until 1988. Between...
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