Sentence examples for sentencing determinations from inspiring English sources

In one of the earliest decisions rejecting the federal guidelines, a reluctant judge in Utah noted that a routine robbery case might require 20 separate sentencing determinations.

In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that federal judges aren't bound to follow the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines when making sentencing determinations.

In this paper, we introduce a new variables sampling plan based on process capability index Cpmk to deal with product sentencing (acceptance determination).

A1 Death Sentences Overturned A federal appeals court overturned the death sentences of more than 100 prisoners in three states because judges rather than juries had made the crucial factual determinations in sentencing them.

The federal appeals court in San Francisco yesterday overturned the death sentences of more than 100 prisoners in three states because judges rather than juries had made the crucial factual determinations in sentencing them to death.

Without these determinations, the sentence "It is snowing" has no truth value, it is just a propositional form which does not correspond to a complete proposition; "in order to be true, [such propositions] require the addition of such specifications as to time (and often place as well), 'It is snowing today, in this place'" (Bolzano 1973, 57).

Lawyer Hugo Alves told VICE News there is now "abundant" case law where judges made discretionary determinations on sentences for crimes like simple possession, for example, based on how much public resources and tax dollars would be used in the process.

The drug cases would appear to be particularly vulnerable to the majority analysis today because the jury in such cases typically finds guilt while the sentencing judge makes many crucial determinations about the type and quantity of the drugs, the harm caused by the offense and the characteristics of the offender.

Four days later, another ruling: juries, not judges, must make the factual determinations supporting death sentences.

A news analysis article on June 25, about the Supreme Court's decision that juries must make the factual determinations supporting death sentences, misstated the record of judges' reversals in capital cases in Delaware.

Judges could ultimately override a jury's recommendation and impose a death sentence based on their own determinations.