Legal Opinion
United States v. Martin
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 21, 2008No. 06-1983PublishedCited by 375 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.
In Gall v. United States, — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007), the Supreme Court shed considerable light on the scope and extent of a district court’s discretion under the now-advisory federal sentencing guidelines. See id. at 598-602. This appeal represents our first full-fledged application of the teachings of Gall. At the same time, it also affords us an opportunity to discuss a relatively new phenomenon: the practice indulged in by some district courts, of filing post-judgment, post-appeal sentencing memoranda.
The circumstances are as follows.…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Kimbrough v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Gibbs v. BuckSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. Leonard A. PelulloCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by375 opinions
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