United States v. Herman Prichett

Our review of the sentencing hearing transcript satisfies us that the government failed to raise any objection to the district court’s decision to depart from the career offender guideline applicable in this case. Normally, we will not consider an argument raised for the first time on appeal. United States v. Belsky, 799 F.2d 1485, 1488 n. 4 (11th Cir.1986). This rule is also applicable to sentencing proceedings. See, e.g., United States v. Houston, et al., 892 F.2d 696, 706-07 (8th Cir.1989) (government’s failure to object to defendants’ motion that sentencing guidelines were…