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- Title: Mistretta v. United States
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 18, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 108 KB
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In this litigation, we granted certiorari before judgment in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in order to consider the constitutionality of the Sentencing Guidelines promulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission. The Commission is a body created under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (Act), as amended, 18 U. S. C. ? 3551 et seq. (1982 ed., Supp. IV), and 28 U. S. C. ?? 991-998 (1982 ed., Supp. IV). The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri ruled that the Guidelines