United States v. Marbley

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Decided: August 15, 2008
• Docket: 07-3464
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 08a0500n.06 Filed: August 15, 2008

No. 07-3464

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) v. ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE VINCENT MARBLEY, ) NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO ) Defendant-Appellant. )

ORDER

Before: MARTIN, ROGERS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

This appeal raises one issue: Does a district court at sentencing have authority not to follow the

sentencing guidelines’ disparate treatment of crack and powder cocaine offenses? The district court in

this case held that it had no such authority. Subsequent to that determination, the Supreme Court held

that a sentencing “judge may consider the disparity between the Guidelines’ treatment of crack and

powder cocaine offenses.” Kimbrough v. United States, __ U.S. __, 128 S. Ct. 558, 564 (2007). In

view of Kimbrough, the government concedes that we should remand this case for resentencing. We

agree and therefore vacate the sentence and remand the case to the district court for resentencing in light

of Kimbrough.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT __________________________________ Leonard Green, Clerk

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