Legal Opinion
United States v. Candia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 28, 2006No. 05-30213PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Delio Jesus Candía pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and was sentenced within an applicable sentencing range properly calculated under the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual (“U.S.S.G.,” “federal guidelines,” or “guidelines”) (2006). Candía appeals this post-Booker 1 advisory guidelines sentence as unreasonable and as an abuse of discretion because it was imposed consecutively to an undischarged state sentence.
This appeal presents a question of first impression: When the district court…
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