United States Ninth Circuit

Vacated and remanded. The panel held that the district court erred by concluding it could not listen to the defendant’s allocution before determining whether a reduction of acceptance of responsibility was warranted under the Sentencing Guidelines, affecting the defendant’s substantial rights and fairness of the proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Published 2019/08/21

Judges

• Berzon

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

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