Legal Opinion
United States v. John Bigley
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 15, 2015No. 12-3022PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion filed for the Court PER CURIAM.
Concurring Opinion filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
2Per curiam
Before United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), rendered the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines advisory, we forbade district courts from relying on sentencing manipulation as a basis for mitigation. See United States v. Walls, 70 F.3d 1323, 1329-30 (D.C.Cir.1995). But Booker and its offspring fundamentally changed the sentencing calculus, requiring courts to now consider any mitigation argument related to the sentencing factors contained in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when imposing a…
3Cases cited17 opinions
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