· 5/3/2013
United States v. Luna-Acosta
Citations
- 715 F.3d 860
- 2013 WL 1848761
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 9054
How courts have described this case
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- holding that district courts can freely correct their initial oral sentencings at any point before the sentencing hearing is adjourned
- concluding there was no formal break in proceedings because “most important[ly]” the district court “continued the first hearing . . . without finalizing all of the terms” or permitting the parties to object
- “A district court’s ability to modify a sentence . . . is jurisdictional.”
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Judges: Briscoe, Seymour, Lucero
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