United States of America v. Ronald E. Blake

United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Submitted June 11, 2007
Decided June 28, 2007
Before
Hon. WILLIAM J. BAUER, Circuit Judge
Hon. ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge
Hon. ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge
No. 06-3390
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
RONALD E. BLAKE,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States
District Court for the Southern
District of Illinois.
No. 02 CR 30086
G. Patrick Murphy,
Chief Judge.
O R D E R
The defendant-appellant was not given his right of allocution after the case
was remanded for resentencing. The government agrees that the judge made a
mistake but says that it was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. We are less sure
of that proposition.
Accordingly, the case is remanded again for resentencing and this time the
defendant-appellant must be accorded his allocution rights.
NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION
To be cited only in accordance with
Fed. R. App. P. 32.1

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