Fifth Circuit· 2/17/2006

United States v. Smith

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440 F.3d 704
2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 3994
2006 WL 367011

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holding that the Guideline range must be a \frame of reference\ for a non-Guideline sentence
holding that the Guideline range must be a “frame of reference” for a non-Guideline sentence
holding that a checklist recitation of the § 3553(a) factors is neither necessary nor sufficient for a non-guidelines sentence to be reasonable
holding that district courts must provide fact-specific reasons for imposing a non-Guidelines sentence and those reasons must be consistent with the sentencing factors enumerated in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)
noting that post- Booker a sentence imposed within a properly calculated Guidelines range is afforded a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness
noting that a sentence is unreasonable when it “does not account for a factor that should have received significant weight”

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Judges: Reavley, Garza, Benavides

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