United States v. Alland Philidor

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• holding a district court may rely on undisputed facts contained in the PSI when sentencing
• explaining that a sen- tencing court may make inferences “based on common sense and ordinary human experience”
• explaining that the district court is “free to make” reasonable inferences at sentencing but cannot rely on an inference that is “speculative to the point of being clearly erroneous” (citation omitted)
• finding that the applicable statute “does not distinguish between living and deceased persons”
• stating a district court may make in- ferences “based on common sense and ordinary human experi- ence” at sentencing
• explaining a fact finding is clearly erroneous when, after reviewing all of the evidence before us, we are “left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed” (quotation marks omitted)

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