GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a criminal conviction for conspiracy to possess cocaine. Because the trial court failed to provide the defendant with his right of allocution, we vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing.
I. BACKGROUND
Defendant-appellant Billy Roy Dickson was indicted for conspiracy to possess cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1976), and possession of cocaine. Id. § 841(a)(1). Dickson and the government...
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