Legal Opinion
United States v. Karl Cunningham
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 14, 2005No. 05-1774PublishedCited by 444 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to possess, with intent to distribute, more than five grams of a mixture or substance containing crack cocaine. 21 U.S.C. § 846. The judge sentenced him to 57 months in prison, which was at the bottom of the guidelines range for the defendant’s offense. The sentence was imposed after the Supreme Court, in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), had held that the federal sentencing guidelines are advisory. Booker, and cases interpreting it, such as United States v. Mykytiuk, 415…
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