Sentencing — reasonableness

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//January 20, 2014//

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United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit

Criminal

Sentencing — reasonableness

Where the district judge gave no explanation for the sentence, the sentence must be vacated.

“Amono Washington pleaded guilty to attempting to possess cocaine with intent to distribute and was sentenced to a term of 97 months in prison. In imposing that sentence, the judge said only that he had ‘considered all the factors of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)’ and that the crime was ‘serious.’ Although the case is straightforward and the sentence is within the sentencing guidelines range, this truncated explanation for the 97-month term is insufficient. Accordingly, we vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing.”

Vacated and Remanded.

13-1468 U.S. v. Washington

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Stiehl, J., Sykes, J.

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