Recent Development by Christopher M. La Tronica
The Fifth Circuit held that the district court's failure to state reasons for the sentence explicitly was a clear error that did not affect Whitelaw's substantial rights because, by adopting the sentence the government recommended in the MTR, the court impliedly adopted the govern-ment's reasoning for that sentence. United States v. Whitelaw, 580 F.3d 256, 264 (5th Cir. 2009).
About the Author
Christopher M. La Tronica. J.D. candidate 2011, Tulane University School of Law; M.Sc. 2006, London School of Economics & Political Science; B.A. 2005, Skidmore College.
Citation
84 Tul. L. Rev. 1317 (2010)