Legal Opinion
United States v. Galvez-Barrios
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided February 2, 2005No. 2:04-cv-00014PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENTENCING MEMORANDUM
ADELMAN, District Judge.
In United States v. Booker, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), the Supreme Court held that the federal sentencing guidelines violated the Sixth Amendment. As a remedy, the Court excised that part of the Sentencing Reform Act that made the guidelines mandatory, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(b). “So modified, the ... Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ... makes the Guidelines effectively advisory. It requires a sentencing court to consider Guidelines ranges, see 18 U.S.C.A. § 3553(a)(4) (Supp.2004), but it permits the court to tailor the sentence in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- United States v. Roseli Banuelos-Rodriguez, Aka: Rogelio Banuelos-RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- United States v. RanumDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2005
- United States v. Julio C. Cruz-GuevaraCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Martinez-AlvarezDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2003
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3Cited by47 opinions
- United States v. Benigno Montes-Pineda, A/K/A No. Benigno Pineda Muntez, A/K/A Benigno Montez-Pineda, A/K/A Benigno Pineda-MontesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
- United States v. DuarteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- United States v. Aguilar-HuertaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- United States v. Hector Martinez-MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
- United States v. Sanchez-JuarezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
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