United States v. Lawrence Ward

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• noting that the unsworn nature of allocution does not prevent its use in future proceedings
• noting that the unsworn nature of allocution does not prevent its use in future proceedings
• noting that “[t]he contemporary practice of swearing or not swearing defendants before a Rule 32 allocution varies by district and by judge”
• discerning no error where the judge “personally address[ed] the defendant and offer[ed] him the opportunity to address the court before the sentence [was] pronounced”
• “[a]lthough the right of allocution predates the founding of the Republic, it is not a right guaranteed by the Constitution.”

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