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U.S. v. HERROLD

No. 14-11317.

883 F.3d 517 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Michael HERROLD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed February 20, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian W. McKay, Esq. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, James Wesley Hendrix , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James Matthew Wright , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Northern District of Texas, Amarillo, TX, Lauren Anita Woods , Federal Public Defender's Office, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, SMITH, DENNIS, CLEMENT, PRADO, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK, HAYNES, GRAVES, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

Three decades ago, Congress set the courts upon a new course for the sentencing of federal defendants, moving away from a long-in-place system that gave wide discretion to federal judges to impose sentences from nigh no prison time to effective life sentences.

But this discretion was not so wide in...

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