Rosales-mireles v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 18, 2018 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 18, 2018
- Docket
- No. 16-9493
- Argued
- February 21, 2018
- Term
- October Term 2017
- Vote
- 7–2
- Majority author
- Justice Sotomayor
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
How the Justices voted
- Majority
- Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Kennedy, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Sotomayor (wrote), Justice Kagan, Justice Gorsuch
- Dissenting
- Justice Thomas (wrote), Justice Alito
Oral argument transcript and advocates
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2017 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321, 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus ROSALES-MIRELES v. UNITED STATES CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 16–9493. Argued February 21, 2018—Decided June 18, 2018 Each year, district courts sentence thousands of individuals to impris- onment for violations of federal law. To help ensure certainty and fairness in those sentences, federal district courts are required to consider the advisory United States Sentencing Guidelines. Prior to sentencing, the United States Probation Office prepares a presen- tence investigation report to help the court determine the applicable Guidelines range. Ultimately, the district court is responsible for en- suring the Guidelines range it considers is correct. At times, howev- er, an error in the calculation of the Guidelines range goes unnoticed by the court and the parties. On appeal, such errors not raised in the district court may be remedied under Federal Rule of Criminal Pro- cedure 52(b),…
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