Sentencing Guidelines - Law Dictionary Search Results
sentencing guidelines
Matched in: Term sentencing guidelines
acceptance of responsibility
and remorse for his or her crime such that the sentencing judge has the discretion under the federal sentencing guidelines to reduce the offense level and so impose a less severe sentence
career offender
with two or more prior convictions for violent or drug-related crimes called also career criminal NOTE: Under federal sentencing guidelines career offenders are given maximum sentences.
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crime of violence
property NOTE: A record of crimes of violence is used esp. to determine career offender status under federal sentencing guidelines.
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