Another busy sentencing day in the circuits

As if often the case, hump day is proving much too busy for me to keep up with all the sentencing action. In addition to SCOTUS action and notable state supreme court and federal habeas rulings, the federal circuit courts today have bopped out another big batch of notable sentencing opinions. I barely have time to flag these decision, and I encourage readers to let me know of any far-reaching aspects of these rulings:

First Circuit: US v. Walter, No. 04-1812 (1st Cir. Jan. 11, 2006) (available here)

Sixth Circuit: US v. Miller, No. 04-5834 (6th Cir. Jan. 11, 2006) (available here)

Seventh Circuit: US v. Laufle, No. 04-3978 (7th Cir. Jan. 11, 2006) (available here)

Eighth Circuit: US v. Vasquez, No. 05-1644 (8th Cir. Jan. 11, 2006) (available here)