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Sentencing Guidelines Commission training: which manual to use after Robinette and other timing rules
Summary
A Sentencing Guidelines Commission trainer explained that courts and probation must use the manual in effect when the current offense occurred, reviewed the Supreme Court’s Robinette/amelioration guidance, and directed practitioners to the agency’s archived manuals online.
Unidentified Presenter, a trainer with the Sentencing Guidelines Commission, told attendees on Oct. 23, 2025, that the "current" sentencing guidelines are those in effect when the current offense occurred and that ameliorative changes decided in Robinette apply regardless of the original offense date.
The presenter said the guidance means: for most purposes after 2019, practitioners should use the manual in effect at the time of the…
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