United States v. Alfred K. Ryder, United States of America v. Mary Ann Ryder

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• recognizing that the district court must consider a defendant’s physical condition and medical needs when imposing a sentence under the advisory guidelines
• remanding for resentencing where a district court believed it lacked discretion to vary based on the defendants' ill health and advanced ages
• finding Booker error and remanding for resentencing where the district court believed it was without discretion to vary from the guidelines based on the defendants' health and ages
• in conducting the fourth-prong analysis, identifying the § 3553(a) factor of age and the § 3553(a)(2)(D
• “The prior mandatory nature of the Guidelines deprived the district court of the opportunity to consider age and physical condition in any manner other than as a basis for a Guidelines departure. Now coupled with the requirements in § 3553(a
• facts admitted at trial and at sentencing hearing

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