United States v. Edmundo Zuniga

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• holding that facts contained in PSR generally bear sufficient indicia of reliability to be relied upon by district court for sentencing purposes
• stating that “[r]ebuttal evidence must consist of more than a defendant’s objection” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• noting that “a PSR [generally] bears sufficient indicia of reliability to be considered as evidence by the sentencing judge in making factual determinations” (quoting United States v. Harris, 702 F.3d 226, 230 (5th Cir. 2012))
• finding clear error “only if a review of the record results in a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed” (citation omitted)
• “A factual finding is not clearly erroneous if it is plausible in light of the record as a whole.”
• factual findings are not clearly erroneous if plausible based on the record as a whole

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