Court Opinion

ID: 9481266
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 08:12:32.050129+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:48:10.867688
License: Public Domain

*1500ANDERSON, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
Respectfully, I submit that the practical effect of the district court’s actions in this case was a resentencing on all relevant counts. Not only was the sentence reduced on counts 2 and 3 but also the twenty-year sentence on count 1 was changed so that it was consecutive and no longer concurrent. In my opinion, this was within the district court’s authority. In light of the holistic nature of the sentence, when Jackson challenged the sentence on counts 2 and 3, he necessarily also brought into issue the sentence on count 1. See Opinion for the Court, n. 5, supra. However, the case law in this circuit holds that the right of allocution attaches when there is such a resentencing. Accordingly, I would vacate the sentences and remand for resentencing at which Jackson is allowed allocution.