Court Opinion

ID: 8435198
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-04 11:34:33.101355+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:48:41.705248
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM.
Alexander Milien-Fong appeals his 37-month concurrent sentences for conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute heroin, imposed because he violated 18 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and (b)(1)(A)® and 846. He contends that the district court erred in light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. —, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 261 (2005), by sentencing him under a mandatory Guidelines system.
As the government correctly concedes, there was Booker error, it was preserved, and the government cannot show that the error was harmless. Accordingly, Milien-Fong’s sentence is due to be vacated and the case remanded for the limited purpose of re-sentencing in light of the Booker decision.
SENTENCE VACATED AND REMANDED.