Legal Opinion
United States v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 17, 2006No. 05-30313PublishedCited by 416 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Smith challenges his non-Guideline sentence of sixty months imprisonment. He argues that the district court’s sentence based on his criminal history and parole status was unreasonable under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). For the reasons set forth below, we find that the court’s sentence was reasonable.
I. Factual Background and Procedural History
On February 11, 2004, two officers of the New Orleans Police Department were on patrol at the Guste Housing Development in New Orleans, Louisiana. They observed Jamold Smith…
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