United States Sixth Circuit

On remand from the Supreme Court, a below-Guidelines sentence for drug-related offenses is vacated and remanded where the district court did not justify the variance in the case adequately, and thus, the sentence was substantively unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/22/2008
• Published 07/22/2008

Judges

• Before:  BOGGS, Chief Judge;  BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge;  BELL, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Joseph R. Wilson, Assistant United States Attorney, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant.  Spiros P. Cocoves, Law Office, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellee ON BRIEF:  Joseph R. Wilson, Assistant United States Attorney, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant.  Spiros P. Cocoves, Law Office, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellee.