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addressing the required justification for substantial Guidelines variances
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No. 06-5618.
November 3, 2006.
Reported below: 439 F. 3d 479.
Certiorari Granted
C.A. 8th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the following questions: "(1) Was the District Court's choice of below-Guidelines sentence reasonable? (2) In making that determination, is it consistent with United States v. Booker, 543 U. S. 220 (2005), to require that a sentence which constitutes a substantial variance from the Guidelines be justified by extraordinary circumstances?"