United States v. Amin W. Williams

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• approving a variance sentence justified by the defen- dant’s extremely violent behavior at a young age
• “The question is not how we ourselves would have resolved the factors identified as relevant by section 3553(a).... We are not sentencing judges.” (citation omitted)
• “We have left room for the possibility that there will be some cases in which a sentence within the Guidelines range, measured against the factors identified in section 3553(a), stands out as unreasonable.”
• “The question is not how we ourselves would have resolved the factors identified as relevant by section 3553(a) . . . . We are not sentencing judges.” (citation omitted)
• “We have left room for the possibility that there will be some cases in which a sentence within the Guidelines range, measured against the factors identified in section 3553(a), stands out as unreasonable.”
• there is no need for the court to discuss each § 3553(a) factor individually, as long as it is clear from the court’s opinion that it considered the factors in determining the appropriate sentence.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).