United States v. Beckles

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• explaining that “the district court also may base its factual findings on undisputed statements found in the PS[R], because they are factual findings to which the defendant has assented”
• holding police officer’s uncontradicted testimony that defendant admitted he acquired shotgun for protection sufficient to establish knowing possession
• stating the district court may base its factual findings on undisputed facts in the PSI
• “[A] failure to object to allegations of fact in a PSI admits those facts for sentencing purposes and precludes the argument that there was error in them.”
• “For purposes of sentencing, the district court [ ] may base its factual findings on undisputed statements found in the PSI, because they are factual findings to which the defendant has assented.”
• burden is on the party raising a new issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).