United States v. Floyd Stevens Hicks

How courts have described this case

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• holding that cash seized from defendant's home should be considered as relevant conduct and used in determining the base offense level
• holding no Sixth Amendment right to counsel in routine presentence interviews because not a critical stage of criminal proceedings
• sentencing judges exercise independent discretion in determining defendant's sentence and denial of counsel in this context is constitutionally insignificant
• analyzing whether “a routine presentence interview” qualified as a critical stage of the criminal proceedings
• analyzing whether “a routine presentence interview” qualified as a critical stage of the criminal proceedings
• analyzing whether “a routine presentence interview” qualified as a critical stage of the criminal proceedings

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