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U.S. v. PICKETT

No. 05-3179.

475 F.3d 1347 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. Lorenzo PICKETT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 13, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Valinda Jones, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese, III and Rachel Carlson Lieber, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and RANDOLPH and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge.

Under one of the United States Sentencing Guidelines it takes 100 times more powder cocaine to get a drug trafficker the same sentence he would receive for dealing crack cocaine. The issue in this appeal is whether a judge considering the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) may ignore how the 100-to-1 ratio affects...

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