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Fifth Circuit· 11/6/2009

United States v. Evans

Citations

  • 587 F.3d 667
  • 2009 WL 3647042

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that a district court does not commit plain error in the absence of on-point “authoritative precedent”
  • explaining that arguments for direct appeal are not cognizable in § 3582(c) motions
  • “Even where [appellant’s] argument requires only extending authoritative precedent, the failure of the district court to do so cannot be plain error.” (quotation omitted)
  • “We ordinarily do not find plain error when we ‘have not previously addressed’ an issue.”
  • “The Booker reasonableness standard does not apply to § 3582(c)(2) proceedings.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Jones, Smith, Demoss

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Cites

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