· 4/14/2010
United States v. Cintrón-Echautegui
Citations
- 604 F.3d 1
- 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 7646
- 2010 WL 1463240
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that disclosure of attorney notes constituted a waiver over 5 the subject matter of the disclosed notes
- concluding that \sentencing court has wide discretion to decide whether particular evidence is sufficiently reliable to be used at sentencing\
- reminding that \[t]he evidentiary requirements that obtain at sentencing are considerably less rigorous than those that obtain in criminal trials\
- holding district court \plausibl[y] extrapolat[ed]\ calculation from \the average drug weight per capsule suggested by the scientific evidence and the average drug sales per shift suggested by the cooperating witness\
- noting that district courts may generally rely upon information contained in PSI Report
- noting the district court’s discretion to rely on reliable evidence for sentencing purposes
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Judges: Lynch, Torruella, Selya
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