Court Opinion

ID: 9498354
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 17:15:21.524723+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:58:47.035520
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HEANEY, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I continue to believe that a defendant’s challenge to the factual basis for a sentence enhancement preserves his Sixth Amendment sentencing claim. See United States v. Pirani, 406 F.3d 543, 555-62 (en banc) (Heaney, J., dissenting). Moreover, I adhere to the view stated by Judge Bye in Pirani, that defendants who did not properly preserve their Booker claims in the district court are nonetheless generally entitled to resentencing under a constitutional regime. Pirani, 406 F.3d at 562-67 (Bye, J., dissenting). Because a majority of our court held to the contrary on both counts, however, I concur.