Supreme Court of the United States
Kimbrough v. United States
This writing
- Type
- Concurrence
- Filed
- Dec. 10, 2007
- Case
- Kimbrough v. United States
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Scalia, concurring. The Court says that “closer review may be in order when the sentencing judge varies from the Guidelines based solely on the judge’s view that the Guidelines range ‘fails properly to reflect § 3553(a) considerations’ even in a mine-run case,” but that this case “present[s] no occasion for elaborative discussion of this matter.” An…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dec. 10, 2007 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | Dec. 10, 2007 |
| Dissent | Not attributed | Dec. 10, 2007 |