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Federal Prisoner Receives Maximum 46 Month Sentence For Knife Possession

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2007

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Sentencing, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Location: Pennsylvania.

Federal prisoner Randolph Charles appealed a 2006 decision based on then-mandatory guidelines under 18 U.S.C. § 1791. He received a maximum 46-month sentence for possession of a six-inch makeshift plastic knife. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed his sentence as reasonable in light of U.S. v. …

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