United States Third Circuit

In the context of US v. Booker, facts relevant to the advisory US Sentencing Guidelines do not implicate the constitutional right to proof beyond a reasonable doubt. A sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is vacated and remanded pursuant to a claim that the district court erred in imposing sentence without fully articulating its consideration of statutory factors. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2006
• Published 06/08/2006

Judges

• Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, SLOVITER, McKEE, RENDELL, BARRY, AMBRO, FUENTES, SMITH, FISHER, CHAGARES and VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald A. Krauss (Argued), Office of Federal Public Defender, Harrisburg, PA, Attorney for Appellant, Sean Michael Grier., Lawrence S. Lustberg, Michael A. Baldassare, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, NJ, Attorneys for Amicus-Appellant, National Association of Federal Defenders and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christian A. Fisanick, Office of United States Attorney, Scranton, PA, Theodore B. Smith, III (Argued), Eric Pfisterer, Kimberly A. Kelly, Office of United States Attorney, Harrisburg, PA, Attorneys for Appellee, United States of America.