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.
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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