United States v. Sanchez

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Edwin Sanchez appeals from a sentence of 288 months’ imprisonment and 10 years’ supervised release imposed by the District Court (Alan H. Nevas, Judge l. 1 We conclude that, in the circumstances presented here, Sanchez’s rights were substantially affected and the fairness and integrity of the judicial proceedings were seriously compromised — that is, there was “plain error” — where Sanchez’s mandatory minimum sentence was miscalculated and where the record reflects that this miscalculation had an impact on the sentence imposed.

Accordingly, we VACATE…