Sentencing Guidelines

Case	Docket Number	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Vote	Authoring Justice	Topics
Begay v. U.S.	06-11543	01/15/2008	04/16/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit	6-3	Stephen G. Breyer	statutory interpretation Sentencing Guidelines legislative history felony driving while intoxicated crime of violence Booker Armed Career Criminal Act
Dillon v. U.S.	09-6338	03/30/2010	06/17/2010	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit	7-1	Sonia Sotomayor	Sentencing Guidelines
Gall v. U.S.	06-7949	10/02/2007	12/10/2007	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit	7-2	John Paul Stevens	Sentencing Guidelines mandatory minimum sentences drug trafficking downward departures
Irizarry v. U.S.	06-7517	04/15/2008	06/12/2008	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit	5-4	John Paul Stevens	Sentencing Guidelines presentence report criminal procedure
Kimbrough v. U.S.	06-6330	10/02/2007	12/10/2007	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit	7-2	Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Sentencing Guidelines Sentencing drug trafficking downward departures crack cocaine cocaine powder cocaine

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