Court Opinion

ID: 9485998
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 11:35:35.939272+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:51:28.670568
License: Public Domain

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
Because, as the court notes, the district court relied on matter that it was not entitled to in sentencing the defendant, I respectfully suggest that it is not possible for us to affirm this case under the rule announced in Williams v. United States, — U.S. -, 112 S.Ct. 1112, 117 L.Ed.2d 341 (1992). That case requires us to remand if we cannot conclude, “that the error did not affect the district court’s selection of the sentence imposed.” Id. at -, 112 S.Ct. at 1121. The court asserts that the district court would have imposed the same sentence without reliance on the impermissible grounds. Since I regard this conclusion as speculative, I would remand for resentencing.