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Parties Involved:
Demario A. Howard
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-2281

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

Demario A. Howard, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: October 17, 2006

 Filed: October 31, 2006

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Before MELLOY, BEAM, and BENTON Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Demario Antoinette Howard appeals the denial of his motion for correction of

sentence. The United States agrees that plain error occurred because the judge's oral

pronouncement of sentence is not the sentence imposed in fact, and thus supports

Howard's appeal. See Hill v. United States ex rel. Wampler, 298 U.S. 460, 464-65

(1936); United States v. Tramp, 30 F.3d 1035, 1037 (8th Cir. 1994). 

This court reverses and remands for sentencing consistent with the alternative

sentence ordered by the district court in the event that the federal sentencing

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 guidelines were unconstitutional or partially unconstitutional. See United States v.

Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005); 8th Cir. R. 47A. 

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