Opinion ID: 1434591
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Federal PSR

Text: The Federal PSR cannot satisfy Shepard either. See United States v. Turbides-Leonardo, 468 F.3d 34, 39 (1st Cir. 2006) ([A] presentence report in a subsequent case ordinarily may not be used to prove the details of the offense conduct that underlies a prior conviction.); United States v. Garza-Lopez, 410 F.3d 268, 274 (5th Cir.2005) ([U]nder Shepard, a district court is not permitted to rely on a PSR's characterization of a defendant's prior offense for enhancement purposes.). That the Federal PSR relies entirely on the State PSR for the fact of the involvement of a firearm further undermines the ability of the district court to use it to establish the nature of the crime to which Rosa pleaded guilty. See Shepard, 544 U.S. at 23, 125 S.Ct. 1254. Some circuits have held that a sentencing court may look to a PSR prepared for that case to determine the underlying facts of a previous conviction when the defendant fails to object to the PSR's findings, and thereby assents to those facts. See, e.g., United States v. Siegel, 477 F.3d 87, 93-94 (3d Cir.2007) (concluding that the defendant's failure to object in the sentencing court and on appeal to the factual description of his prior conviction in the PSR amounts to an adoption of the factual record included therein, and that the facts averred in the PSR acceded to by Siegel avoid the `collateral trial,' and `judicial factfinding' preempted by the Court's holding in Shepard ); United States v. Cullen, 432 F.3d 903, 905 (8th Cir.2006) (By not objecting to the PSR's factual allegations, [the defendant] has admitted them. (citation omitted)). We need not decide whether we would adopt such a rule. Although Rosa failed to lodge any objection to the PSR directly with the probation office, he submitted a sentencing memorandum to the district court dated May 11, 2005, specifically objecting to the PSR's findings regarding the 1991 conviction. We therefore cannot conclude that Rosa admitted the findings in the Federal PSR by failing to object to them.