United States Sixth Circuit

A district court's practice of looking to conduct underlying the acquitted counts to enhance defendant's offense level under the Sentencing Guidelines does not violate the Sixth Amendment so long as the resulting sentence does not exceed the jury-authorized United States Code maximums.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/24/2008
• Published 12/24/2008

Judges

• Before:  BOGGS, Chief Judge;  MERRITT, MARTIN, BATCHELDER, DAUGHTREY, MOORE, COLE, CLAY, GILMAN, GIBBONS, ROGERS, SUTTON, COOK, McKEAGUE, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Kevin M. Schad, Schad & Schad, Lebanon, Ohio, for Appellant.  Nina Goodman, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.  Douglas A. Berman, The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, for Amicus Curiae. ON BRIEF:  Kevin M. Schad, Schad & Schad, Lebanon, Ohio, for Appellant.  Charles P. Wisdom, Jr., Andrew Sparks, Assistant United States Attorneys, Lexington, Kentucky, Nina Goodman, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.  Douglas A. Berman, The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, Mark D. Harris, Jeffery A. Gross, Anna G. Kaminska, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae.