U.S. v. VALDEZ-AGUIRRE

No. 15-3275.

861 F.3d 1164 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesus Octavio VALDEZ-AGUIRRE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED July 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:* Virginia L. Grady , Federal Public Defender, and John T. Carlson , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant Jesus Octavio Valdez-Aguirre.

Thomas E. Beall , United States Attorney, and Carrie N. Capwell , Assistant United States Attorney, Kansas City, Kansas, for Plaintiff-Appellee United States of America.

Before LUCERO, MATHESON, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.


This appeal involves allocution. When a convicted defendant allocutes, he or she makes a statement in mitigation of the sentence to be imposed. Allocution, Black's Law Dict. 91 (Bryan A. Garner ed., 10th ed. 2014) (second definition).1 The right to make such a statement is guaranteed...

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