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Sentencing with Discretion: Crack Cocaine Sentencing After Booker
Publication year:
2006
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Changes to federal crack cocaine sentencing due to the Supreme Court decision of United States v. Booker are examined. This briefing paper discusses: key findings; 24 federal court decisions in 2005 post-Booker (case outcomes chart); U.S. v. Booker; crack cocaine sentencing -- a Booker case study; sentencing case analysis; and conclusion. While the 100-to-1 ratio sentencing disparity existing between powder and crack cocaine still exists in the Sentencing Reform Act, federal judges have enough flexibility post-Booker to consider the full merits of the case before them and sentence below the federal guideline range.