Case Name: UNITED STATES of America v. Sherrod YOUNG, a/k/a "G", Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-05-13
Citations: 526 F.3d 81
Docket Number: No. 05-5032
Parties: UNITED STATES of America v. Sherrod YOUNG, a/k/a “G”, Appellant.
Judges: Before SMITH and ROTH, Circuit Judges, and YOHN, District Judge .
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 526
Pages: 81–82

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America v. Sherrod YOUNG, a/k/a “G”, Appellant.
No. 05-5032.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Opinion Filed Feb. 6, 2007.
Certiorari Granted by the Supreme Court of the United States Jan. 7, 2008.
Remanded by the Supreme Court of the United States Feb. 8, 2008.
May 13, 2008.
Theodore B. Smith, III, Office of United States Attorney, Harrisburg, PA, for United States of America.
Joseph A. O’Brien, Oliver, Price & Rhodes, Clarks Summit, PA, for Appellant.
Before SMITH and ROTH, Circuit Judges, and YOHN, District Judge .
The Honorable William H. Yohn Jr., Senior District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
JUDGMENT ORDER
D. BROOKS SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Sherrod Young was convicted by a jury of committing several controlled substance offenses in February of 2003. We affirmed his conviction, but vacated his sentence of 324 months of imprisonment and remanded for resentencing in accordance with United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). The District Court resentenced Young to 210 months. Young appealed again, asserting that (1) his sentence was too severe, or "greater than necessary," as it was the result of an unreasonable disparity between the penalties for crack cocaine and powder cocaine under the sentencing guidelines; and (2) the District Court erred in quantifying the amount of crack cocaine because the evidence was not reliable. In an opinion filed on February 2, 2007, we concluded that the District Court "correctly applied our post -Booker sentencing process" and that the District Court did not err in quantifying the amount of crack cocaine. Young petitioned the United States Supreme Court for certiorari.
On January 7, 2008, the United States Supreme Court granted Young's petition for certiorari, vacated the judgment of this Court, and remanded the case for further consideration in light of Kimbrough v. United States, 552 U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 558, 169 L.Ed.2d 481 (2007). Upon further consideration of the issues raised by Sherrod Young in this matter, we conclude that the District Court's finding as to the quantity of crack cocaine was not clearly erroneous. We are mindful that the United States District Court sentenced Young without the benefit of the Supreme Court's guidance in Kimbrough, Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the judgment of sentence imposed by the United States District Court on November 2, 2005, be and the same hereby is VACATED. This matter is REMANDED for resentencing in light of Kimbrough. All the above in accordance with this judgment order.