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Seventh Circuit· 7/26/2018

United States v. John Thomas

Citations

  • 897 F.3d 807

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  • stating that there is no plain er‐ ror where “the sentencing judge makes clear that the de‐ fendant’s sentence simply does not depend on the resolution of a guideline issue”
  • holding that the district court would not abuse its discretion in denying good cause where a circuit split reflected the uncertainty as to the legal issue and the 6 No. 22-2364 defendant knew all he needed to know to raise the argument
  • stating that there is no plain er‐ ror where “the sentencing judge makes clear that the de‐ fendant’s sentence simply does not depend on the resolution of a guideline issue”
  • stating that there is no plain er‐ ror where “the sentencing judge makes clear that the de‐ fendant’s sentence simply does not depend on the resolution of a guideline issue”
  • declining to re- mand for resentencing on plain-error review where “a two- level error in the offense level would not have changed the final recommended guideline range”
  • noting a Guidelines error does not \affect the ultimate sentence\ where \the sentencing judge makes clear that the defendant's sentence simply does not depend on the resolution of a guideline issue\

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Judges: Flaum, Sykes, Hamilton

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