context: Addressing his sentence, Spratt argues that the court violated his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial by fashioning a Guidelines sentence based on the drug quantity it found, rather than the drug quantity the jury found. His argument is meritless because the court treated the Guidelines as advisory, rather than mandatory.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 446 F.3d 1348, 1355
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that there is no Fifth Amendment right to have all facts used to enhance a defendant's Guidelines range charged in the indictment
citation_a.sentence: United States v. Chau, 426 F.3d 1318, 1324 (11th Cir.2005); United States v. Duncan, 400 F.3d 1297, 1304-05 (11th Cir.2005) (holding that the district court was permitted to find conduct that had been acquitted by the jury when determining the defendant’s sentence); see also United States v. Thomas, 446 F.3d 1348, 1355 (11th Cir.2006) (holding that there is no Fifth Amendment right to have all facts used to enhance a defendant’s Guidelines range charged in the indictment).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 400 F.3d 1297, 1304-05
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that the district court was permitted to find conduct that had been acquitted by the jury when determining the defendant's sentence
citation_b.sentence: United States v. Chau, 426 F.3d 1318, 1324 (11th Cir.2005); United States v. Duncan, 400 F.3d 1297, 1304-05 (11th Cir.2005) (holding that the district court was permitted to find conduct that had been acquitted by the jury when determining the defendant’s sentence); see also United States v. Thomas, 446 F.3d 1348, 1355 (11th Cir.2006) (holding that there is no Fifth Amendment right to have all facts used to enhance a defendant’s Guidelines range charged in the indictment).