Sentences with phrase «circuit as unreasonable»

Grinbergs» sentence was one year and one day, and it was reversed by the Eighth Circuit as unreasonable.

Not exact matches

The 9th Circuit held (PDF) that the cop did have such an expectation of privacy, and that the search of his messages conducted by the city (with the aid of the wireless company) after Sgt. Quon repeatedly went over his message allowance was unreasonable as a matter of law.

But, on the other hand, and perhaps even more importantly as a practical matter, the opinion for the Court in Rita suggests that at least some within - guideline sentences in some cases have to be, at some point, found unreasonable by circuit courts.

Adding all this up — and again keeping in mind the USSC's own official, repeated and emphatic assertions that the crack guidelines are «greater than necessary» to achieve serve § 3553 (a)-- shouldn't a circuit court view a within - guideline crack sentences as presumptively unreasonable?

Federal sentencing fanatics know that the Paul case in the Ninth Circuit is significant because it was arguably the first (and might still be considered the only) circuit ruling that a within - guideline sentence should be reversed as substantively unreasCircuit is significant because it was arguably the first (and might still be considered the only) circuit ruling that a within - guideline sentence should be reversed as substantively unreascircuit ruling that a within - guideline sentence should be reversed as substantively unreasonable.

A helpful reader made sure I did not miss a fascinating Second Circuit panel decision today reversing an above - guideline sentence as unreasonable in United States v. Singh, No. 16 ‐ 1111 (2d Cir.

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