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Federal district judges say the darndest things

By Douglas A. Berman

For proof that federal district judges cannot do just anything they want at sentencing after Booker, check out the opinion of the Eighth Circuit today in US v. Wysong, No. 07-1025 (8th Cir. Feb. 5, 2008) (available here).  Here is how the brief opinion starts:Cinthia Wysong pled guilty to one count of possession of pseudoephedrine, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the chemical would be used to manufacture a controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(c)(2).  read more

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).