Legal Opinion
United States v. Wright
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided November 2, 2004No. Criminal Case 2:03cr262-TPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
Defendant Lorna.Faye Wright has pled guilty to violations of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (unlawful possession of a firearm), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (knowing and intentional distribution of a controlled substance), and 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)® (drug trafficking). This case is now before the court on her motions to hold her sentencing by ‘video conferencing.’. For reasons that follow, the motions will be denied.
Fed.R.Crim.P. 32(i)(4)(A), which codifies the important common-law tradition of al-locution, requires that, “Before imposing sentence, the court must ...…
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- United States v. Desmond Charles LawrenceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Torres-PalmaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
- In Re United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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