United States v. Barnes’s Empirical Analysis

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24 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “[t]he district court’s comments at sentencing raise sufficient doubts in our mind whether it imposed its sentence wholly unthout regard to the hearsay statements of the confidential informant. Granted, we cannot be sure that these statements influenced Judge Duffs sentencing determinations, but given the closeness of this question—and the relatively low standard, under the law of this circuit, by which Barnes must prove his case—we vacate and remand so that Barnes may have an opportunity to challenge these statements.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Miller.

2. “'before making [a sentencing] *309 determination, a judge may appropriately conduct an inquiry broad in scope, largely unlimited either as to the kind of information he may consider, or the source from which it may come.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Hassan

3. “The standard for determining whether the district court relied on improper information is a low one,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Miller