Claiborne v. United States & Rita v. United States

NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of the petitioners, combining questions presented.

Brief filed: 12/18/2006

Documents

Claiborne v. United States & Rita v. United States

United States Supreme Court; Case No. 06-5618 & 06-5754

Question Presented

Is it consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Booker (2005), either to require that a sentence which constitutes a substantial variance from the sentencing guidelines be justified by extraordinary circumstances or to presume that a within-the-guidelines sentence is “reasonable”? 

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Author(s)

Miguel A. Estrada and David Debold, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC.