United States Sentencing Guidelines. A detailed set of instructions for judges to determine appropriate sentences for federal crimes. — Also termed federal sentencing guidelines. — Abbr. USSG.
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United States Sentencing Commission. An independent commission in the judicial branch of the federal government responsible for setting and regulating guidelines for criminal sentencing in federal courts and for issuing policy statements about their application. • The President appoints its members with the advice and consent of the Senate. It was created under the Sentencing
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federal sentencing guidelines. See UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES.
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Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. A federal statute enacted to bring greater uniformity to punishments assessed for federal crimes by creating a committee of federal judges and other officials (the United States Sentencing Commission) responsible for producing sentencing guidelines to be used by the federal courts. 28 USCA § 994(a)(1).
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