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011055P.pdf 08/03/2001 United States v. Jaime Torres
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 01-1055
District of Nebraska
Criminal case - criminal law. When a defendant consents, a
magistrate judge may preside over an allocution and plea in a
felony, at least so long as the district court exercised de novo
review of the magistrate judge's decision; drug quantity calculation
was not clearly erroneous; sentence was less than the statutory
maximum for a conviction for an indeterminate drug quantity
and did not violate Apprendi.