Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Heliodoro GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-05-30
Citations: 183 F. App'x 568
Docket Number: No. 04-2397
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Heliodoro GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before Hon. KENNETH F. RIPPLE, Hon. DANIEL A. MANION, and Hon. DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 183
Pages: 568–568

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Heliodoro GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-2397.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
May 30, 2006.
Larry Beaumont, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Richard H. Parsons, Andrew J. McGowan, Jonathan E. Hawley, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before Hon. KENNETH F. RIPPLE, Hon. DANIEL A. MANION, and Hon. DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
Heliodoro Gonzalez-Rodriguez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess 250 kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), 846. He argued for the first time on appeal that the district court erred by applying the sentencing guidelines as mandatory. See United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). We remanded to ask whether the judge would have imposed a lesser sentence had he known that the guidelines were advisory. See United States v. Paladino, 401 F.3d 471, 483-84 (7th Cir.2005). The judge said he "likely would not have imposed as severe a sentence." Therefore we VACATE Gonzalez-Rodriguez's sentence and REMAND for resentencing.