United States Second Circuit

A sentencing judge's error in mandatorily applying the Sentencing Guidelines prior to the Supreme Court's decision in US v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738 (2005), was not harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/15/2005
• Published 08/15/2005

Judges

• JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before:  NEWMAN and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges;  and CHIN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robin C. Smith, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant., Jack Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Roslynn R. Mauskopf, U.S. Atty., Susan Corkery, Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for Appellee.