United States Fourth Circuit

Sentence for wire fraud and money laundering offenses is vacated as the district court plainly erred by denying defendant the opportunity to allocute at his resentencing hearing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/01/2007
• Decided 03/06/2007
• Published 03/06/2007

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Debra Carroll Graves, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Anne Margaret Hayes, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Thomas P. McNamara, Federal Public Defender, Devon L. Donahue, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.  George E.B. Holding, United States Attorney, Christine Witcover Dean, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.