United States v. Taylor

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Carl J. Waskom, Jr., Edward Taylor, Jr., Shawn Dee Adams, and Catherine Dee Adams appeal the sentences imposed on them by the district court. With respect to the sentences imposed on Waskom and the Adamses, we vacate and remand for resentencing. Because the sentencing judge should have granted Taylor’s motion for recusal, we vacate his sentence and remand for new sentencing proceedings before a different judge.

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Pursuant to a written plea agreement, Waskom, Taylor, Shawn Adams, and Catherine Adams (collectively “the defendants”) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct…