Buford v. United States

Buford v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 8, 2001 Decided March 20, 2001
Full case name	Paula L. Buford v. United States
Citations	532 U.S. 59 (more) 121 S. Ct. 1276; 149 L. Ed. 2d 197
Case history
Prior	United States v. Buford, 201 F.3d 937 (7th Cir. 2000)
Subsequent	Sentence affirmed
Holding
Court of Appeals must give deferential review to decisions of District Courts under the Sentencing Guidelines on the question of consolidation of a defendant's prior convictions
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinion
Majority	Breyer, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Due Process

Buford v. United States, 532 U.S. 59 (2001), was a United States Supreme Court case decided in 2001. The case concerned whether federal appellate courts should give deferential or de novo review of certain Sentencing Guideline determinations made by a trial judge.