Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:argued_on |
March 27, 2007
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| gptkbp:case_analysis |
Impact on future sentencing cases
Influence on sentencing policy |
| gptkbp:case_number |
06-5754
Appealed from the Fourth Circuit Involved sentencing of Rita Rita's sentence was reviewed |
| gptkbp:case_outcome |
Reversed and remanded
Guidelines not mandatory Majority opinion supports discretion Sentencing discretion upheld by the Court. Sentencing disparities |
| gptkbp:case_significance |
Clarified sentencing standards
Significant for sentencing law |
| gptkbp:case_types |
Criminal law case
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| gptkbp:consequences |
Guidelines treated as advisory
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| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fourth_Circuit
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| gptkbp:decided_by |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
June 21, 2007 |
| gptkbp:dissenting_opinion |
gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
Scalia argues for stricter guidelines |
| gptkbp:followed_by |
gptkb:Kimbrough_v._United_States
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| gptkbp:has_implications_for |
Defendants' rights
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Rita v. United States
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| gptkbp:impact |
Federal sentencing practices
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| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Sentencing_Reform_Act_of_1984
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| gptkbp:involved_parties |
gptkb:Rita
gptkb:United_States |
| gptkbp:is_cited_in |
551 U. S. 338
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| gptkbp:judicial_review |
Sentencing decisions
Reasonableness review |
| gptkbp:legal_context |
Federal sentencing guidelines
Post-Booker sentencing landscape |
| gptkbp:legal_framework |
Federal judges
Federal sentencing framework Guidelines considered but not binding Sentencing guidelines interpreted as advisory |
| gptkbp:legal_issue |
Sentencing guidelines
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| gptkbp:legal_outcome |
Judicial discretion affirmed
Sentencing guidelines advisory |
| gptkbp:legal_principle |
Discretion in sentencing
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| gptkbp:legislation |
Proportionality in sentencing
Reasonableness standard |
| gptkbp:modern_relevance |
Judicial discretion in sentencing
|
| gptkbp:outcome |
Sentencing discretion upheld
|
| gptkbp:preceded_by |
gptkb:Booker_v._United_States
|
| gptkbp:precedent |
Guideline sentences are not presumptively reasonable
Sentencing reform cases |
| gptkbp:public_perception |
gptkb:Justice_Stephen_Breyer
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| gptkbp:related_cases |
gptkb:Nelson_v._United_States
gptkb:Gall_v._United_States |
| gptkbp:related_to |
gptkb:United_States_Sentencing_Commission
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| gptkbp:significance |
Guidelines are advisory
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Booker_v._United_States
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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