Claiborne v. United States (2006)
- Docket
- 06-5618
- Decided
- 2006-01-01
Summary
Question: 1) Was the District Court's sentence reasonable, even though it fell below the advised minimum in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines? 2) Does the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Booker allow a court to require extraordinary circumstances to justify a sentence which constitutes a substantial variance from the Federal Sentencing Guidelines? Conclusion: Unanswered. Mario Claiborne was killed in a shooting incident in St. Louis, and his case was dismissed as moot.