Eric Citron
Comment
United States v. Pho: Reasons and Reasonableness in Post-Booker Appellate Review
115 Yale L.J. 2183 (2006) This Comment argues that a proper understanding of Booker's reasonableness review validates the appellate court's rejection of these reduced-ratio sentences in Pho, and should do so despite the fact that the sentences issued by Judge Torres were eminently "reasonable" in any colloquial sense of the term. Two possible conceptions of reasonableness review must be distinguished--"reasonable-length"...
Jun 1, 2006