United States v. Ramon Garcia

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• concluding district court “properly exercised its ‘sound discretion’” when it relied on hearsay statements that “were credible and were consistent with other witness testimony” (citations omitted)
• observing that a sentencing proceeding does not carry the same evidentiary protections as a trial and that the court may consider uncorroborated hearsay evidence if it has sufficient indicia of reliability
• explaining a district court “may consider uncorroborated hearsay evidence [at sentencing] so long as the evidence has sufficient indicia of reliability to support its accuracy and the defendant is given a chance to rebut or explain it”
• evidence that defendant used premises to store vehicles containing methamphetamine supported district court’s application of the so- called “stash house enhancement”
• standard of review; district court may approximate quantity of drugs for sentencing purposes, and can use imprecise evidence so long as the record reflects a basis for court’s decision
• 2-level enhancement appropriate where defendant stored drugs in a detached garage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).