United States v. Bobby R. Olson

How courts have described this case

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• 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).