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· 12/6/1989

United States v. Michael Giltner

Citations

  • 889 F.2d 1004
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 18184
  • 1989 WL 138877

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding no error where the defendant did not request a continuance to prepare a rebuttal to hearsay information provided by the government
  • “the sole interest being protected at sentencing is the right not to be sentenced on the basis of inaccurate or unreliable information.”
  • \It is widely recognized that the sole interest being protected at sentencing is the right not to be sentenced on the basis of inaccurate or unreliable information.\
  • “[W]e affirm the district court’s discretion to control the form of the rebuttal to challenged information.”
  • “It is within the discretion of the district judge to determine the kinds and form of information it will consider” at sentencing.
  • mandatory minimum sentence not applicable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Anderson, Cox, Per Curiam, Shoob

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