60 Cited authorities

  1. United States v. Booker

    543 U.S. 220 (2005)   Cited 25,429 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Sentencing Guidelines are advisory
  2. Apprendi v. New Jersey

    530 U.S. 466 (2000)   Cited 26,684 times   100 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum must be submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt”
  3. Koon v. United States

    518 U.S. 81 (1996)   Cited 2,594 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that " district court by definition abuses its discretion when it makes an error of law."
  4. Stinson v. United States

    508 U.S. 36 (1993)   Cited 1,763 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding "prior judicial constructions of a particular guideline cannot prevent the Commission from adopting a conflicting interpretation"
  5. United States v. Watts

    519 U.S. 148 (1997)   Cited 1,455 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sentencing courts may consider conduct of which the defendant has been acquitted
  6. United States v. Dunnigan

    507 U.S. 87 (1993)   Cited 1,304 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 3C1.1 enhancement is appropriate only where the defendant acts "with the willful intent to provide false testimony, rather than as a result of confusion, mistake or faulty memory."
  7. Lynce v. Mathis

    519 U.S. 433 (1997)   Cited 837 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding the cancellation of early release credits violated the Ex Post Facto Clause
  8. Miller v. Florida

    482 U.S. 423 (1987)   Cited 1,081 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sentencing court should apply sentencing guidelines in existence at the time of the offense
  9. Garrity v. New Jersey

    385 U.S. 493 (1967)   Cited 1,383 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding the government's threat of loss of employment to obtain incriminatory evidence against an employee violates the Fourteenth Amendment
  10. U.S. v. Martin

    455 F.3d 1227 (11th Cir. 2006)   Cited 151 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a 7-day sentence was substantively unreasonable because it was "shockingly short" and "wildly disproportionate" to the seriousness of the offense
  11. Section 3553 - Imposition of a sentence

    18 U.S.C. § 3553   Cited 76,762 times   111 Legal Analyses
    Holding that district court must consider whether its decision will "protect the public from further crimes of the defendant"
  12. Section 3582 - Imposition of a sentence of imprisonment

    18 U.S.C. § 3582   Cited 55,065 times   66 Legal Analyses
    Granting district court discretion to modify sentence when Sentencing Guideline upon which sentence was based is subsequently amended
  13. Section 1001 - Statements or entries generally

    18 U.S.C. § 1001   Cited 7,354 times   303 Legal Analyses
    Making false statements
  14. Section 3661 - Use of information for sentencing

    18 U.S.C. § 3661   Cited 1,151 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Ruling out any "limitation . . . on the information concerning the [offender's] background, character, and conduct" that the "court . . . may receive"
  15. Section 1505 - Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees

    18 U.S.C. § 1505   Cited 603 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Providing criminal punishment for person who corruptly obstructs or endeavors to obstruct "due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States"
  16. Section 208 - Acts affecting a personal financial interest

    18 U.S.C. § 208   Cited 189 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting executive branch officials from participating in government decisions in which they have a financial interest
  17. Section 1018 - Official certificates or writings

    18 U.S.C. § 1018   Cited 66 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Penalizing public official who knowingly falsifies official certificate or writing