Rosales-Mireles v. U.S., No. 16-9493 (U.S. Supreme Court) (585 U.S. ___; 138 S.Ct. 1897) (June 18, 2018) (Justice Sotomayor)
In this case, the Supreme Court addressed the scope of “plain error” review for unobjected-to Guidelines miscalculations at sentencing; and its decision announced some significant and far-reaching rules about determining when a sentencing error “affects the substantial rights” of a defendant, as that phrase is used in Rule 52(b) of ...
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