Abbreviate the guidelines' appended material
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
An application note, background or introductory commentary, or an appendix of the guidelines manual carries its abbreviated form: “U.S. Sent'g Guidelines Manual § 2B1.1 cmt. n.3”, not “… application note 3”.1
- Wrong
- … application note 3
- Right
- U.S. Sent'g Guidelines Manual § 2B1.1 cmt. n.3
- 1R. 12.9.4 Model Codes, Principles, Restatements, Standards, Sentencing Guidelines, and Uniform Acts. Tables: T16 Subdivisions.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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