United States v. Rey Chea, AKA T-Bone

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that there is no ex post facto violation if an amendment to the Guidelines merely clar- ifies its substance
• explaining that Rule 404(b) is “one of inclusion” in that “other acts evidence is admissible whenever relevant to an issue other than the defendant’s criminal propensity” (quoting United States v. Mehrmanesh, 689 F.2d 822, 830 (9th Cir. 1982))
• explaining that Rule 404(b) is “one of inclusion” in that “other acts evidence is admissible whenever relevant to an issue other than the defendant’s criminal propensity” (quoting United States v. Mehrmanesh, 689 F.2d 822, 830 (9th Cir. 1982))
• finding plain error standard met where incorrect version of Guidelines was applied at sentencing
• finding plain error standard met where incorrect version of Guidelines was applied at sentencing
• “Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3584(a), in the absence of an order to the contrary, a federal sentence is to run consecutively to a prior state sentence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).