10th Circuit:  Reasons Needed For Jail Term Of Indian Woman Guilty Of Child Neglect

Mealey's (November 19, 2020, 1:07 PM EST) -- DENVER — Although a Native American woman who pleaded guilty to neglecting her 9-year-old daughter, resulting in her death, is correct that there are no equivalent federal sentencing guidelines for her crime, she is not entitled to a sentence of time served but instead must be resentenced by the trial judge, who failed to give detailed reasons for her seven-year prison term, the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 17 (United States v. Jessica Jean Clark, No. 19-7046, 10th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 36067)....