United States v. Terrance Shelton

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• holding that the district court plainly erred when it sentenced defendant under a mandatory guidelines scheme and the defendant established that this error affected his substantial rights
• holding that defendant was prejudiced by unpreserved error of sentencing under mandatory regime because district court stated that sentence imposed at bottom of guideline range was \more than appropriate\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• holding that defendant was prejudiced by unpreserved error of sentencing under mandatory regime because district court stated that sentence imposed at bottom of guideline range was “more than appropriate” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• concluding that district court did not commit a Sixth Amendment violation under Booker by relying on facts admitted by the defendant
• holding that failure to object to the PSR’s factual statements constitutes admission of those facts
• holding that a defendant admits to the PSI’s factual statements about his relevant conduct where he raises no objections to those statements

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