United States v. Gregory Terrell

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that, in plain error review, “‘plain’ simply means ‘clear’”
• reversing for plain error a district court’s mistake on the scope of its sentencing discretion
• requiring on-point precedent in the Supreme Court or this circuit to establish clear error
• error not plain unless “a clear precedent in the Supreme Court or this circuit establishe[s] its erroneous character”
• plain error met only if “its erroneous character” is established by “a clear precedent in the Supreme Court or this circuit”
• error ordinarily cannot be “plain” unless “a clear precedent in the Supreme Court or this circuit established] its erroneous character”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).