Legal Opinion
Saunders v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 2, 2009No. 05-CO-1580PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Senior Judge:
Appellant Kelvin Saunders 1 contends that his sentence is “unreasonable” under the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G.) and related federal statutes. We hold that appellant has no right to “reasonableness” review because the United States Sentencing Guidelines are not applicable in the courts of the District of Columbia. We further hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when resentencing appellant. We therefore affirm the judgment.
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In 1994, after a jury trial, appellant was convicted on nineteen counts stemming from the violent robbery of a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- United States v. Dorcely, DanielCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
- Sanders v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- Walden v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Wallace v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Russell H. Brocksmith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2014
- Sanders v. CarawayDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
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