Recent changes in the sentencing guidelines prohibit a judge from using acquitted conduct against a person when that person is sentenced. Before the change in the law, a judge at sentencing could apply a lower burden of proof and make a judicial finding that a person should be held accountable at sentencing for the same conduct for which the jury acquitted that person at trial. In some cases, sentences have doubled, or the court imposed a life sentence.
If you want to use the recent changes in the law to seek a modification of your sentence, call Hayes Ruemmele.
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