United States v. Charles Crawford, Jr.

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• holding that an act is purely opportune if it is “spur of the moment conduct, in response to a sudden fortuitous opportunity of which the defendant took advantage without deliberation” (quotation marks omitted)
• concluding that, after United States v. 7 Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S. Ct. 738 (2005), the district court must correctly calculate and consider the advisory guidelines range in fashioning an appropriate sentence
• holding the district court’s misinterpretation of the Guidelines “effectively means that the district court has not properly consulted the Guidelines”
• noting that the failure to calculate the correct Guidelines range is procedural error
• reaffirming that the pre-Booker standard as to the Guidelines still applies
• reaffirming that the pre-Booker standard as to the Guidelines still applies

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