U.S. v. KING

No. 05-1728.

454 F.3d 187 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America v. Donald James KING, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed July 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. McColgin (Argued), Defender Association of Philadelphia, Federal Court Division, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

Lesley B. Fitzgerald, Peter D. Hardy (Argued), Office of United States Attorney Philadelphia, PA.

Before SLOVITER, AMBRO and MICHEL, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

If the procedural requirements for sentencing defendants that this court established are so inflexible that we cannot affirm any sentence when the district court fails to articulate its analysis in precisely the terms of those requirements, then we must vacate the sentence imposed in this case no matter how reasonable we believe it is. Under the circumstances of this...

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