Fifth Circuit· 7/21/2008

United States v. Brantley

Citations

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

How courts have described this case

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

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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