Caitlin Colleen Hale v. State

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• holding that erroneous Sentencing Guidelines calculations should almost always warrant reversal because they “ultimately result from judicial error” rather than the trial strategies of counsel
• concluding that our court abused its discretion in failing to grant relief in a Sentencing Guidelines error case
• holding that a plain error in cal‐ culating the correct Guidelines range affected the defendant’s substantial rights and warranted relief
• holding that a plain error in cal‐ culating the correct Guidelines range affected the defendant’s substantial rights and warranted relief
• holding that, on plain error review, a Guidelines calculation error “will in the ordinary case . . . seriously affect the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings”
• holding that, on direct appeal, a miscalculation of a Guidelines sentencing range which is “plain and affect substantial rights” calls for a court of appeals to exercise its discretion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(b) to vacate the defendant's sentence

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