What is the effect of repetition of criminal convictions on a defendant's criminal history?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Segura-Del Real, 83 F.3d 275 (9th Cir. 1996):
In examining the quality of a defendant's criminal history, a district court may consider the defendant's repetition of the same or similar offenses, and may base its upward departure on this circumstance. In United States v. Chavez-Botello, 905 F.2d 279 (9th Cir.1990) we stated:
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