Friday, December 19, 2008

District Court Should State Reasons for Mid-Range Sentence on Resentencing

US v. Nelson, No. 08-6076, 12/18/08 - Crack reduction case in which defendant was originally sentence at the bottom of the guideline range, but was resentenced in the middle of the amended guideline range, remanded for district court to state on the record its reasons for not imposing new bottom end sentence.