Federal Circuit
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Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
10th Circuit Rules on Allocution Rights in Supervised Release Cases
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a ruling in United States v. Miller addressing whether district courts must personally invite defendants to speak during supervised release revocation hearings. The case arose after Dominic Miller was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment for supervised release violations without being given the opportunity to allocute before the court.
•Tenth Circuit addressed whether district courts must personally invite defendants to speak during supervised release revocation hearings
•Dominic Miller was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment without being personally invited to allocute before the court
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