Legal Opinion
United States v. Pugh
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 2008No. 07-10183PublishedCited by 544 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal tests the nature and extent of appellate review over sentencing under the new regime of advisory Sentencing Guidelines. After thorough review, we are constrained to conclude that even under the most recent Supreme Court precedent, affording substantial deference to the district court’s sentencing determinations, the district court abused its discretion by imposing a probationary sentence on the defendant in this case.
Here, the government appealed from the non-custodial sentence of defendant Bruce Clayton Pugh (“Pugh”), who downloaded on his computer over a…
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