Irizarry v. United States
Decided June 12, 2008. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 06-7517 · 553 U.S. 708 (2008) · Cited 653 times
Holding
Rule 32(h) does not apply to a variance from a recommended Guidelines range.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 4
- John Paul Stevens · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Antonin Scalia
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Concurring · 1
- Clarence Thomas · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 4
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- David Hackett Souter
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Gerald Breyer · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Burns v. United States · 501 U.S. 129 (1991)
- United States v. Booker · 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
- Gall v. United States · 552 U.S. 38 (2007)
- Rita v. United States · 551 U.S. 338 (2007)
- Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. · 523 U.S. 75 (1998)
- Kimbrough v. United States · 552 U.S. 85 (2007)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Peugh v. United States · 569 U.S. 530 (2013)
- Beckles v. United States · 580 U.S. 256 (2017)
- Greenlaw v. United States · 554 U.S. 237 (2008)
Official text
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