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Seventh Circuit· 7/19/2007

United States v. Vitrano

Citations

  • 495 F.3d 387
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 17134
  • 2007 WL 2050400

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that, post-Booker, the fact that a district court departs from the advisory guidelines is not the issue; the issue is whether the sentence imposed is reasonable
  • all that is needed to sustain an above-guidelines sentence is an adequate statement of the judge’s reasons, consistent with section 3553(a), for thinking that the sentence selected is indeed appropriate for the particular defendant
  • all that is needed to sustain an above-guidelines sentence is an adequate statement of the judge’s reasons, consistent with section 3553(a), for thinking that the sentence selected is indeed appropriate for the par- ticular defendant

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Judges: Posner, Ripple, Wood

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