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Eighth Circuit· 9/3/1998

United States v. Joseph D. Comstock

Citations

  • 154 F.3d 845
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 21440
  • 1998 WL 557103

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that substantial rights were affected where defendant would serve 17 months less if the error had not occurred
  • recognizing that substantial rights were “clearly affected” where defendant would serve seventeen months less if the error had not occurred
  • finding plain error standard met where incorrect version of Guidelines was applied and ex post facto violation resulted
  • finding plain error standard met where incorrect version of Guidelines was applied and ex post facto violation resulted
  • reversing under plain error standard when a defendant's sentence was erroneously lengthened by 17 months
  • reversing because 17-month sentencing error seriously affected fairness of sentencing proceedings

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Judges: Bowman, Heaney, Hansen

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