U.S. v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 1653, Docket 90-1684.

943 F.2d 215 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ignacio RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Simkin Smith, Millbrook, N.Y., submitted a brief for defendant-appellant, Ignacio Rodriguez.

Theodore E. Chervin, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Otto G. Obermaier, U.S. Atty., Samuel W. Seymour, Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., of counsel), submitted a brief for appellee, U.S.

Before CARDAMONE, MINER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents questions commonly raised in criminal appeals, the disposition of which will have little precedential import. We write in this case principally to call attention to the approaching "sunset" of an exception for sentencing guidelines cases to our regular rule that holds issues not raised in the trial court to have been waived in the absence of "plain errors on defects affecting substantial rights" within the meaning of...

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