United States of America v. Angel Lechuga-Ponce

United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Argued January 19, 2005
Decided July 27, 2005
Before
Hon. Richard D. Cudahy, Circuit Judge
Hon. Daniel A. Manion, Circuit Judge
Hon. Terence T. Evans, Circuit Judge
No. 04-2986
United States of America,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Angel Lechuga-Ponce,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States
District Court for the Eastern
District of Wisconsin
No. 03-CR-215
William C. Griesbach,
Judge.
O R D E R
In an opinion and order dated May 17, 2005, this court directed a limited
remand to the District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in the above-
captioned case. United States v. Lechuga-Ponce, 407 F.3d 895 (7th Cir. 2005). We
did so pursuant to this court’s decision in United States v. Paladino, 401 F.3d 471
(7th Cir. 2005). In that case this court held that in light of the Supreme Court’s
decision in United States v. Booker, ___ U.S. __, 125 S. Ct. 738 (2005), a criminal
defendant sentenced pursuant to the sentencing guidelines was entitled to a
remand “where this court cannot be assured that the district court would have
arrived at the same sentence if it had treated the guidelines as advisory.”
Lechuga-Ponce, 407 F.3d at 897.
UNPUBLISHED ORDER
Not to be cited per Circuit Rule 53

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On remand, the district court determined that “I may have sentenced the
defendant differently had I known that the United States Sentencing Guidelines
were advisory.” In light of the conclusion, and consistent with this court’s decision
in Paladino, we order that Lechuga-Ponce’s sentence is vacated and this case is
remanded to the district court for resentencing.

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