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U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 06-2156.

471 F.3d 764 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jess A. JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 13, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna R. Eide (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James C. McKinley (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Under the federal sentencing regime created by the Booker decision, the sentencing judge is first to compute and consider the guidelines range for the defendant's offense and then to select and impose a sentence — which can be inside or outside that range (provided of course that it is within the statutory sentencing range) — guided by the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). If the judge follows this procedure...

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