Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronnie Knight
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 12, 1996No. 95-30533PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal requires us to decide whether the Sentencing Guidelines or the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, or both, require a district court to give a criminal defendant notice of its intention to use a defendant’s letter to the court to reject the recommendations of the Presentence Report (PSR). We conclude that they do not and affirm the judgment of the district court.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Defendant-Appellant Ronnie Knight escaped from federal prison. About three weeks later, authorities captured Knight in a house where he was staying with his girlfriend and some friends. A search of…
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