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Judges and Judiciary

Jan. 19, 2005

Justices Create Confusion in Sentencing by Declaring Guidelines Advisory

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky, Laurie Levenson and Neil Siegel - The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Booker , 2005 DJDAR 410 (U.S. Jan. 12, 2005), significantly changed the law with regard to sentencing in criminal cases in federal courts. Unfortunately, the court created significant confusion as to how sentencing is to be done in the future.

Erwin Chemerinsky

Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law UC Berkeley School of Law

Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).

Laurie L. Levenson

Professor of Law Loyola Law School

criminal law

919 Albany St
Los Angeles , CA 90015

Phone: (213) 736-1149

Fax: (213) 380-3769

Email: laurie.levenson@lls.edu

UCLA Law School

Laurie is founding director of Loyola's Project for the Innocent and David W. Burcham chair in ethical advocacy.

Forum Column

By Erwin Chemerinsky, Laurie Levenson and Neil Siegel

        The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Booker, 2005 DJDAR 410 (U.S. Jan. 12, 2005), significantly changed the law with r...

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