Legal Opinion
United States v. Jess A. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 13, 2006No. 06-2156PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Under the federal sentencing regime created by the Booker decision, the sentencing judge is first to compute and consider the guidelines range for the defendant’s offense and then to select and impose a sentence' — which can be inside or outside that range (provided of course that it is within the statutory sentencing range) — guided by the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). If the judge follows this procedure and commits no legal or clear factual errors and discusses the applicability of any substantial statutory sentencing factors drawn to his attention by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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