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title: Statutory Maximum/Minimum Sentences And Application Of Offense Levels
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By [Caroline Rule](https://www.kflaw.com/caroline_rule)  
 ABA Section of Litigation  
 November 2017 Edition

Most federal district court judges are accustomed – even in this age of “advisory” U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines or U.S.S.G.) – to sentencing a criminal defendant by first calculating the applicable “Offense Level,” which provides for a range of months of imprisonment, in the “Sentencing Table” of the Guidelines.

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