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U.S. v. Hayes, No. 96-80765 (6th Cir.) (171 F.3d 389) (March 23, 1999) (Judge Karen Nelson Moore)

Here the Sixth Circuit held that a sentencing judge's ex parte consideration of victims' impact letters violated Fed.R.Crim.P. 32, constituted plain error, and required vacation of the sentence.

In this case the Sixth Circuit held that a sentencing court's consideration of victim impact letters, without disclosing their contents to the ...

 

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