United States v. Antonio Urrutia-Contreras

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• noting that government support can add substantially to the persuasiveness of a defendant’s sentencing argument
• noting that government support can add substantially to the persuasiveness of a defendant’s sentencing argument
• noting that “imposition of a sentence without hearing the government’s recommendation may create the appearance of the court standing in for the government, calling into question the impartiality of the sentencing court”
• Rule 32.1 requires the district court “to solicit the government’s position with respect to sentencing for violation of the terms of supervised release”
• the government must be given the opportunity to indicate agreement or disagreement with the defendant’s sentencing recommendation
• error in not inviting government to speak at revocation sentencing is not harmless if the district court had discretion to impose a lower sentence and the government’s argument might have “add[ed] substantially to the persuasiveness of a defendant’s sentencing argument”

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