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Nice Opinion on Error Preservation and Harm In Appeal From Erroneous Guidelines Calculation

United States v. Neal, No. 08-30693 (5th Cir. Aug. 7, 2009) (Wiener, Garza, Elrod)You'll want to keep this opinion handy, in case you get into a battle over whether an objection to a sentencing error was properly preserved in the district court. It's also a nice go-to for harm arguments when the district court miscalculated the advisory Guidelines range.As the court recounted the facts,Police

Full post as published by Fifth Circuit Blog on August 10, 2009 (boomark / email).