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· 2/6/2006

United States v. Charles Aaron Green

Citations

  • 436 F.3d 449
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 2833
  • 2006 WL 267217

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 district court “must make factual findings as appropriate or necessary to carry out its sentencing function”
  • holding that if a “sentence is based on an error in construing or applying the Guidelines, it will be found unreasonable and vacated”
  • explaining that if a “sentence is based on an error in construing or applying the Guidelines, it will be found unreasonable and vacated”
  • holding that sentences within the guideline range are presumptively reasonable
  • noting that district courts must “especially ex-plaint]” deviations from the Guidelines
  • stating that “a sentence imposed within the properly calculated Guidelines range is presumptively reasonable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Widener, Niemeyer, Gregory

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