2012 National Seminar Materials

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Program Information

• Announcement
• Program Agenda
• Speaker Bios

Materials from Wednesday, June 13

• Introduction to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Drug Scenario
  • Robbery Scenario


• Advanced Guideline Application Issues
  
  
  • Slide Show


• Introduction to the Organizational Guidelines
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Scenarios
  • Organizational Fine Primer


• Sentencing Ethics
  
  
  • Article: Fundamental Ethical Considerations in Federal Criminal Defense
  • Article: Recurring Ethical Issues Related to Sentencing
  • Scenarios

Materials from Thursday, June 14

• USSC: A Year In Review
  
  
  • "Reader-Friendly" Version of the 2012 Proposed Amendments


• A View From the Appellate Bench
  
  
  • Selected Supreme Court Decisions


• Drug Offenses
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Drug Offense Primer
  • Crack Retroactivity Primer


• Economic Crimes: Loss Determination and Other Issues
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Scenarios
  • Loss Primer (§2B1.1(b)(1))
  • Victim Primer (§2B1.1(b)(2))


• Criminal History
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Criminal History Primer
  • Article: Criminal History: Calculation and Variance


• Supervised Release: Imposition and Revocation
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Report: Federal Offenders Sentenced to Supervised Release


• Guideline Departures and Variances
  
  
  • Selected Departure and Variance Decisions


• Restitution and Other Victim Rights Issues
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Key Restitution Cases
  • Principle Victims' Rights Statutes
  • Additional Information About Crime Victims' Rights


• Career Offender, ACCA, and Crime of Violence
  
  
  • Slide Show


• Role in the Offense and Other Chapter Three Adjustments
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Aggravating and Mitigating Role Adjustments Primer (§§3B1.1 and 3B1.2)


• Sentencing Forum: Hot Topics in Federal Sentencing
  
  
  • Executive Summary: Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice System


• Grouping of Multiple Counts of Conviction
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Scenarios

Materials from Friday, June 15

• Tips from the District Court Bench
  
  
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the First Circuit
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the Second Circuit
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the Third Circuit
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the Fourth Circuit
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the Fifth Circuit
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the Sixth Circuit
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the Seventh Circuit
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the Eighth Circuit
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the Ninth Circuit
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the Tenth Circuit
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the Eleventh Circuit
  • Selected Guideline Application Decisions for the D.C. Circuit


• Child Pornography and Sex Offenses
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Sex Offense Primer: Sexual Abuse and Failure to Register Offenses
  • Sex Offense Primer Offenses Involving Commercial Sex Acts and Sexual Exploitation of Minors


• Relevant Conduct
  
  
  • Slide Show


• Immigration Offenses
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Immigration Primer


• Organizational Guidelines
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Article: 2011 Year-End Update on Corporate Deferred Prosecution and Non-Prosecution Agreements


• Firearms Offenses
  
  
  • Slide Show
  • Firearms Primer


• Plea Bargaining
  
  
  • Case Summaries
  • Article: The Innocent Defendant's Dilemma: An Innovative Empirical Study of Plea Bargaining's Innocence Problem
  • Selected Firearms Offenses Summary Chart
  • Table of Federal Misdemeanors

Supplemental Slide Shows

• Sentencing Ethics Slide Show
• USSC Year in Review Slide Show
• Role in the Offense Slide Show
• Tips From the District Court Bench Slide Show
• Bureau of Prisons Issues Slide Show
• Organizational Guidelines Slide Show
• Plea Bargaining Slide Show

Printed Materials

Printed materials from the 2012 National Seminar are forthcoming.

If you have questions relating to the availability of any of the training documents listed, please feel free to contact the USSC Training Coordinator at (202) 502-4637.