U.S. v. Robinson

Defendant was entitled to new sentencing hearing on drug distribution charge, where Dist. Ct. imposed within-guidelines, 84-month term of incarceration after making inappropriate and irrelevant comments about urban decay, social unrest, changing nature of defendant’s neighborhood, and connection between Milwaukee’s 1967 riots and recent protests in Baltimore. Said comments made it impossible for Ct. of Appeals to determine whether said sentence was imposed for legitimate reasons.