Irizarry v. United States

Irizarry v. United States
Irizarry v. United States
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 12, 2008
Full case name	Irizarry v. United States
Citations	553 U.S. 708 (more)
Holding
	Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(h) does not apply to a variance from a recommended Federal Sentencing Guidelines range; that rule applies only to "departures."
Court membership
	Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia; Anthony Kennedy · David Souter; Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority	Stevens
Dissent	Breyer, joined by Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg
Laws applied
	Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(h)

Irizarry v. United States, 553 U.S. 708 (2008), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(h) does not apply to a variance from a recommended Federal Sentencing Guidelines range; that rule applies only to "departures."^[1]^[2]

References

^ Irizarry v. United States, 553 U.S. 708 (2008).
^ "Opinion Recap: Irizarry v. US". SCOTUSblog. 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2024-12-04.

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