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· 2/22/1978

James J. Moore v. United States

Citations

  • 571 F.2d 179
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 12490
  • 41 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 78

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that an “abiding concern about the use by a trial judge of material derived from a [presentence report] is that it may contain false or unreliable information,” but noting that “this danger is somewhat alleviated” by disclosure requirement in Rule 32
  • rejecting Government’s argument that “unsubstantiated” allegations “deserve little attention” because the district court made no findings that the defendant’s allegations were “frivolous”
  • \[A] defendant should not be sentenced on the basis of information about him that is materially incorrect. . . .\

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Judges: Adams, Garth, Gibbons

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