Sentencing Guidelines Educational Materials

Basic Guideline Application

Robbery Exercise and Completed Worksheets - A brief scenario and completed worksheets illustrate basic application of the sentencing guidelines. (.PDF)

Instructional Videos are available on short-term loan from the Commission's Office of Education and Sentencing Practice. See descriptions in videotapes section.

Quick Reference Materials

Highlights of Key Points - Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. (.PDF) 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |2003 (Jan) | 2003 (Oct) | 2004

Selected Sentencing Statutory Provisions (February 2003)

2004 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual - Full Text

2004 Sentencing Table - (PDF)

2003 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual - Full Text

2003 Sentencing Table (PDF)

2002 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual - Full Text

2002 Sentencing Table (PDF)

Supplement to the 2002 Guidelines Manual. (January 2003)

Advanced Training Materials

CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL APPLICATION PRINCIPLES

RELEVANT CONDUCT

RETROACTIVITY

CLC/USSC Joint Memorandum to the Federal Judiciary from the respective Chairs of the Criminal Law Committee of the Judicial Conference and the United States Sentencing Commission Regarding Order Form (AO 247) for Use in Sentencing Modifications of Cocaine Base ("Crack Cocaine") Offenses, Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). (.PDF)

Slide Presentation from Crack Cocaine Retroactivity Summits in Charlotte and St. Louis (January 2008) (.PDF)

Selected Case Law Document from Crack Cocaine Retroactivity Summits in Charlotte and St. Louis (January 2008) (.PDF)

CHAPTER TWO - OFFENSE CONDUCT

CALCULATION OF "LOSS"

Loss Issues (March 2007) (.PDF)

Article: "Comparison of the New Calculation of Economic 'Loss' With That of Restitution." by Cathy Goodwin. (May 2002) (.PDF)

Quick Quiz on Comparison of Economic "Loss" and Restitution (used in conjunction with above article). (May 2002)

FIREARMS

CULTURAL HERITAGE

Annotated Cultural Heritage Guideline for Training and Reference Purposes (April 2003) (.PDF)

CHAPTER THREE - ADJUSTMENTS

MULTIPLE COUNTS

Multiple Counts Checklist - An aid to applying Chapter Three, Part D of the guidelines.

Multiple Counts Quiz (.PDF)- Questions and answers about how to apply the Chapter Three grouping rules.

CHAPTER FOUR - CRIMINAL HISTORY AND CRIMINAL LIVELIHOOD

Videotape Available. See descriptions in videotapes section.

CHAPTER FIVE - DETERMINING THE SENTENCE

"SAFETY VALVE" (Limitation on Applicability of Statutory Minimum Sentences in Certain Cases)

Selected Appellate Case Law on §5C1.2 (Safety Valve) - (October 10, 2000)

Most Frequently Asked Questions Regarding §5C1.2

RESTITUTION

Reference Outline: "Restitution in Federal Criminal Cases" by Cathy Goodwin. This article includes a brief overview of the history of restitution, the 5-steps in determining restitution, and recent issues in litigation regarding restitution. (July 2001)

Article: "Imposition and Enforcement of Restitution" by Cathy Goodwin. From Federal Probation, volume 64, number 1, June 2000, pp. 62-72. This article discusses legal issues on imposing restitution, including the determination of ability to pay and assets for imposing payment, as well as issues on enforcing restitution orders during supervision and at revocation based on non-payment.(June 2000)(.PDF)

Article: "Update on Selected Restitution Issues" by Cathy Goodwin. This article provides expanded guidance and updated case law on the principles discussed in two previous Federal Probation articles on restitution: 1) the December 1998 article that introduced the 5-step analysis to determining victims and harms for restitution, and 2) the June 2000 article on the imposition and enforcement of restitution. (June 2001)

Article: "The Imposition of Restitution in Federal Criminal Cases," by Cathy Goodwin. From Federal Probation, volume 62, number 2, December 1998, pages 95-108.

Article: "Comparison of the New Calculation of Economic 'Loss' With That of Restitution." by Cathy Goodwin. (May 2002) (.PDF)

Quick Quiz on Comparison of Economic "Loss" and Restitution This quiz is used in conjunction with above article "Comparison of the New Calculation of Economic "Loss" with that of Restitution." (May 2002)

Restitution Examples and Analysis prepared by Cathy Goodwin and distributed at the Eleventh Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (May 2002)

Videotape Available. See descriptions in videotapes section.

DEPARTURES

Videotape Available. See descriptions in videotapes section.

CHAPTER SEVEN - VIOLATIONS OF PROBATION AND SUPERVISED RELEASE

Article: "Revocation of Probation and Supervised Release." Frances Pratt (October 2004) (.PDF)

Revocation Tables

CHAPTER EIGHT - SENTENCING OF ORGANIZATIONS

Organizational Guidelines and Compliance

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