Burns v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1991-06-13

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*131 Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court. 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. I Petitioner William Burns was employ…

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