Thursday, February 15, 2007

guilty plea vacated

US v. Pickett, No. 05-3179 (D.C. Cir. February 13, 2007)
Sentence based on guilty plea to distributing more than five grams of crack cocaine is vacated as to defendant's sentence where the district court erred in refusing to evaluate whether sentencing defendant in accordance with U.S.S.G. section 2D1.1, and its 100-to-1 ratio, would effectuate the purposes of sentencing set forth in 18 U.S.C. section 3553(a). http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/dc/053179a.pdf

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