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Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586 (1978), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that sentencing authorities must have the discretion to consider at least some mitigating factors, rather than being limited to a specific list of factors. [1]
The Guidelines are the product of the United States Sentencing Commission, which was created by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. [3] The Guidelines' primary goal was to alleviate sentencing disparities that research had indicated were prevalent in the existing sentencing system, and the guidelines reform was specifically intended to provide for determinate sentencing.
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines were promulgated by a sentencing commission; the Washington sentencing guidelines at issue in Blakely, by contrast, were enacted by that state's legislature. That distinction, the Court said, "lacked constitutional significance," because regardless of the body that set the rules, the rules required sentencing ...
In a split decision, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a 60-year prison sentence and limited appeals court review of trial judges' decisions.
The Ohio Supreme Court will again consider a case about how much leeway appeals courts have to change criminal sentences doled out by trial judges.
Sentencing guidelines define a recommended sentencing range for a criminal defendant, based upon characteristics of the defendant and of the criminal charge. Depending upon the jurisdiction, sentencing guidelines may be nonbinding, or their application may be mandatory for the criminal offenses that they cover. [1]
The lowest level is the courts of common pleas, the intermediate-level courts are the district courts of appeals, and the highest-ranking court is the Ohio Supreme Court. Ohio municipal and county courts hear cases involving traffic violations, non-traffic misdemeanors, evictions and small civil claims (in which the amount in controversy does ...
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit (later Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) 1985 1989 George E. MacKinnon: Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit 1985 1991 Ilene H. Nagel Professor of Law and Sociology, Indiana University School of Law 1985 1994 Helen G. Corrothers Member, U.S. Parole Commission 1985