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Fifth Circuit· 7/11/2011

United States v. Mudekunye

Citations

  • 646 F.3d 281
  • 108 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5208
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 14169
  • 2011 WL 2675959

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that if an error is debatable it is not plain
  • correcting plain sentencing error when the sentence exceeded the correct Guidelines range by 19 months
  • correcting plain sentencing error when the sentence exceeded the correct Guidelines range by 19 months
  • finding reversible plain error where error resulted in sentencing range increase from between 63 and 78 months to between 78 and 97 months and defendant received 97-month sentence
  • exercising discretion where defendant was sentenced 19 months outside the correct range
  • exercising discretion to correct a sentence 19 months outside the correct range

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Judges: Barksdale, Clement, Prado

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