Rosales-Mireles v. United States

Decided June 18, 2018. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 16-9493 · 585 U.S. 129 (2018) · Cited 806 times

Holding

A miscalculation of a Federal Guidelines sentencing range that has been determined to be plain and to affect a defendant’s substantial rights calls for a court of appeals to exercise its discretion under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) to vacate the defendant’s sentence in the ordinary case.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• United States v. Olano · 507 U.S. 725 (1993)
• Puckett v. United States · 556 U.S. 129 (2009)
• Gall v. United States · 552 U.S. 38 (2007)
• United States v. Young · 470 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Peugh v. United States · 569 U.S. 530 (2013)
• Rita v. United States · 551 U.S. 338 (2007)
• United States v. Frady · 456 U.S. 152 (1982)
• United States v. Dominguez Benitez · 542 U.S. 74 (2004)
• United States v. Vonn · 535 U.S. 55 (2002)
• United States v. Atkinson · 297 U.S. 157 (1936)
• Jones v. United States · 527 U.S. 373 (1999)
• United States v. Marcus · 560 U.S. 258 (2010)
• Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga. · 535 U.S. 613 (2002)
• Henderson v. United States · 568 U.S. 266 (2013)
• United States v. Booker · 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
• County of Sacramento v. Lewis · 523 U.S. 833 (1998)
• Johnson v. United States · 520 U.S. 461 (1997)
• Glover v. United States · 531 U.S. 198 (2001)
• Tapia v. United States · 564 U.S. 319 (2011)
• Kimbrough v. United States · 552 U.S. 85 (2007)
• United States v. Cotton · 535 U.S. 625 (2002)
• Henderson v. Kibbe · 431 U.S. 145 (1977)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Pepper v. United States · 562 U.S. 476 (2011)
• Brasfield v. United States · 272 U.S. 448 (1926)
• Clyatt v. United States · 197 U.S. 207 (1905)
• Barber v. Thomas · 560 U.S. 474 (2010)
• Silber v. United States · 370 U.S. 717 (1962)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Stokeling v. United States · 586 U.S. 73 (2019)
• Davis v. United States · 589 U.S. 345 (2020)

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