Rico v. United States · ¶44

Although the Sentencing Reform Act plainly authorized the sentencing judge to consider the January 2022 drug offense, petitioner challenges her sentence based on her interpretation of the Sentencing Guidelines. That argument should be rejected for at least two reasons. First, the Sentencing Commission cannot take away important authority that the Sentencing Reform Act unequivocally gives to district courts. Second, the Sentencing Guidelines, properly read, do not prevent a judge from considering all crimes that a prisoner commits after absconding from supervised release.

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