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6 Nov 2015, 2:30 pm
Senator Booker's letter is available here. [read post]
31 Jul 2019, 7:42 pm
Booker seems to have a nice joy of the game. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 10:39 am
” “The report by the State Comptroller into wrongdoing that occurred at the Newark Watershed while Cory Booker was Chairman detailed the likely abuse of millions of dollars of taxpayer and ratepayer funds,” said Thompson. [read post]
10 Dec 2007, 2:22 am
United States, 06-6330 (per Booker, crack guidelines are advisory only; judge may consider crack/powder disparity in sentencing below the guidelines).United States v. [read post]
27 Sep 2007, 7:32 am
Among many virtues of SCOTUS attention to post-Booker issues is the spotlight it can bring on particularly ugly features of the federal sentencing system. [read post]
9 May 2008, 9:04 am
May 9, 2008) (per curiam).In this brief per curiam, the court reaffirms that there is only one quantum of proof necessary for sentencing enhancements post-Booker - the preponderance standard.Specifically, the court rejected Martinez' argument that where the enhancement requires the sentencing judge to determine that the defendant committed a separate offense (here, the 4-level bump under § 2K2.1(b)(6) for using a gun in connection with another felony offense), those facts… [read post]
15 Mar 2008, 7:28 am
The stack of important academic reading for Blakely and Booker fans gets even longer with this new piece now on SSRN authored by Professors Stephanos Bibas and Susan Klein. [read post]
6 Mar 2007, 2:09 pm
Mar. 6, 2007) (available here), reversed the outcome of a Booker resentencing because the defendant was denied his allocution rights. [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 11:55 am
Aug. 10, 2007) (available here), the Ninth Circuit clarifies that the district court after Booker is not prohibited in all circumstances from considering a defendant's drug addition in choosing a reasonable sentence. [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 12:53 pm
For proof that federal district judges cannot do just anything they want at sentencing after Booker, check out the opinion of the Eighth Circuit today in US v. [read post]
1 Apr 2008, 11:51 pm
David, I suspect you're right that the Supreme Court will eventually take one of these cases and overturn their prior precedent, Watts: I think that's one of the results that the Booker/Blakely revolutionaries hoped to change. [read post]
22 May 2007, 1:03 pm
  (After all, these two Justices combined for four opinions in Booker). [read post]
6 Jan 2009, 10:04 am
Ruling in accord with a  recent Tenth Circuit ruling concerning Booker's inapplicability to crack retroactivity proceedings (blogged here), the Fourth Circuit yesterday US v. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 10:37 am
  I am grateful to Greg and the AFDA for putting this event together, and I hope to continue participating in these sorts of user-friendly webcasts on a regular basis if it helps folks trying to sort out the post-Booker world. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 10:54 am
  Notably, the reference to "heartland" is a throwback to the old pre-Booker departure standard, rather than an engagement with post-Booker issues. [read post]
31 Aug 2006, 9:00 am
  I am a big fan of increased sentencing discretion post-Booker, but I am troubled by the prospect of a sentencing judge saying something like this: "I see, Mr. [read post]