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A busy sentencing week in the Fifth Circuit

By Douglas Berman

I have not been able to keep up with all the sentencing action in the federal circuit courts this week.  Thursday alone brought notable sentencing opinions from Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits, and other circuits have been active throughout the week.  The Fifth Circuit merits special mention as busy sentencing bee with a half-dozen published sentencing decisions this week:

  • US vs. Woods, No. 04-11058 (5th Cir. Feb 13, 2006) (available here)
  • US vs. Adair, No. 04-30859 (5th Cir. Feb 13, 2006) (available here)
  • US vs. Mendoza-Blanco, No. 04-41499 (5th Cir. Feb 14, 2006) (available here)
  • US vs. Cain, No. 05-30003 (5th Cir. Feb 15, 2006) (available here)
  • US vs. Hamilton, No. 04-20616 (5th Cir. Feb 16, 2006) (available here)
  • US vs. Stapleton, No. 05-30088 (5th Cir. Feb 16, 2006) (available here)

I continue to encourage readers to point out any especially important passages from the copious sentencing caselaw being delivered by the circuits these days (which I can now barely find time to skim).