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U.S. v. FIELDS

No. 99-3138

242 F.3d 393 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas FIELDS, a/k/a Woozie, Appellant Consolidated with No. 99-3139

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Jackson Garber, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant Thomas Fields.

Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr. and Mary-Ellen Noone, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant Bernard Johnson.

Barbara J. Valliere, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, John R. Fisher and James H. Dinan, Assistant United States Attorneys.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, GINSBURG and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:

Thomas "Woozie" Fields and Bernard "Tadpole" Johnson appeal from judgments of convictions following a jury trial in the District Court. We affirm the convictions of both defendants. However, because we find that plain errors in sentencing affected defendants' substantial rights and undermined the fairness of the sentencing proceedings, we vacate the sentences and remand the...

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