United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant's sentence for a drug conviction is remanded where the district court erred when it sentenced him believing that the US Sentencing Guidelines were binding rather than advisory.

Appellate Information

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

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen B. Clark (submitted), Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Robert A. Handelsman (submitted), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.