United States v. Zameer Nooralla Mohamed, AKA Al, AKA Samier Hussain, AKA Zameer Mohamed

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that “the scheme of downward and upward ‘departures’ [was] essentially replaced by the requirement that judges impose a ‘reasonable’ sentence”
• holding that a district court can vary from a Guideline range and impose a higher sentence in consideration of the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553
• approving an above-guidelines sentence where the district court noted that the advisory guidelines did not “accurately reflect the seriousness of [the defendant’s] crime”
• affirming the retroactive application of the Supreme Court’s decision in United 17 States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), although it resulted in a longer sentence for the 18 defendant
• mentioning facts relevant to each of these factors except diversion from normal duties
• “If we were to declare the sentence reasonable, then the erroneous departure would be harmless.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).