In re Sealed Case’s Empirical Analysis
722 F.3d 361 · 2013
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 11 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3582 · 18 U.S.C. § 3742 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Marks v. United States · Dillon v. United States · Turner v. Rogers · Freeman v. United States · King v. Palmer
Most-quoted passages
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“Although the Guidelines require a sentencing court to calculate, as a matter of course, a guideline range before determining whether a mandatory minimum applies, we concluded in Cook [v. United States, 594 F.3d 883, 887 (D.C.Cir.2010)] that this routine and required calculation did not mean that the defendant was sentenced”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“the guideline range that corresponds to the offense level and criminal history category determined pursuant to § 1B1.1(a), which is determined before consideration of any departure provision in the Guidelines Manual or any variance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[A] sentence is 'based on' a Guideline range 'to whatever extent' that range 'was a relevant part of the analytical framework the judge used to determine the sentence or to approve the agreement.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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