United States v. Bobby R. Olson

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a district court’s oral sentence controls when it conflicts with the written judgment
• affirming an upward departure where the defendant showed a substantial history of general disregard for the law
• “It is well settled . . . that a district court’s oral sentence controls when it conflicts with the written judgment.”
• unambiguous oral sentence controls when it conflicts with written judgment; ambiguous oral sentence requires our court to discern the district court’s intent
• “As long as the sentencing court referenced ‘some of the considerations contained in § 3553(a), we are ordinarily satisfied.’” (quoting United States v. Perkins, 526 F.3d 1107, 1111 (8th Cir. 2008))
• oral pronouncement of sentence controls over written judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Lamar Bertucci
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-07-23· cited 10×
• United States v. Joseph Benjamin Thomas
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-07-08· cited 3×
• United States v. Ruben Silva
  Eighth Circuit· 2017-07-31· cited 2×
• United States v. Wilbur Morrison, Jr.
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-07-21

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Feemster
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-07-13· cited 1,748×
• United States v. Perkins
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-06-02· cited 209×
• United States v. Gray
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-07-18· cited 145×
• United States v. Buck
  Eighth Circuit· 2011-11-16· cited 12×
• United States v. King
  Eighth Circuit· 2010-12-13· cited 8×