Fifth Circuit· 7/21/2008

United States v. Brantley

Citations

537 F.3d 347
2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 15406
2008 WL 2791846

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holding that a lengthy criminal history justified the imposition of an upward departure or variance
ruling that any error in imposing a fine instead of restitution didn’t affect the defendant’s substantial rights, because the fine was about the same as the restitution the court could have awarded
indicating that in imposing a non-Guidelines sentence, the district court may rely on factors already taken into account by the guidelines
stating that a district court may rely on factors already taken into account by the Guidelines, including a defendant’s criminal history
recognizing “district court may rely upon factors already incorporated by the Guidelines to support a non- Guidelines sentence”
holding sentence reasonable under sentencing factors in the light of, inter alia, defendant’s extensive criminal history

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Judges: Prado, Elrod, Haynes

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