United States v. Ware’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 18 U.S.C. § 3582 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 994
Relies on United States v. Booker · Gregg v. Georgia · Kimbrough v. United States · Stinson v. United States · Marks v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“Had you not been designated a Career Offender, the Guidelines would have been 57 to 71 months. The midpoint of that Guideline range is 64 months, that’s the sentence you probably would have faced had you [not been designated a Career Offender], but because you are a Career Offender I’m going to have to enhance that Guideline, I’m going to have to increase it. I’m going to double it, I’m sentencing you to 128 months!’] incarceration, well under the low end of the Career Offender guideline, but certainly a sentence that I think will send the word out, you can’t deal drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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