On Jan. 12, 2005, the Supreme Court in United States v. Booker ended months of speculation as to what was to become of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines after the Court's June 2004 decision in Blakely v.
The Rebirth of Advocacy
On Jan. 12, 2005, the Supreme Court in <i>United States v. Booker</i> ended months of speculation as to what was to become of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines after the Court's June 2004 decision in <i>Blakely v. Washington</i>, and held that the guidelines were unconstitutional. To remedy the unconstitutionality, the Court excised portions of the Sentencing Reform Act that required the sentencing judge to sentence within the guidelines range and that set the standard of appellate review of sentences.
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