Seventh Circuit· 7/1/1977

United States v. Eugene Harris

Citations

558 F.2d 366
1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 12605

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sentencing court relied on damaging hearsay-on-hearsay allegations where presentence report was favorable and maximum sentence was imposed
sentencing court relied on damaging hearsay-on-hearsay allegations where presentence report was favorable and maximum sentence was imposed
requiring that charged conduct “was intended to impede witness”
court must consider whether some hearsay is “so unreliable it could not be considered in imposing sentence”
court must consider whether some hearsay is \so unreliable it could not be considered in imposing sentence\
failure to object to errors in presentence report despite opportunity to do so held to be plain error in light of potential prejudice to defendant, notwithstanding general rule of enforcing such waivers

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Judges: Swygert, Sprecher, Holder

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