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113536P.pdf 08/08/2012 United States v. Kenneth Godat
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-3536
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Murphy and Melloy, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. District court did not consider any
undisclosed factual allegations in determining defendant's sentence and
his argument that the confidential sentencing memorandum violated his
Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights is rejected; district court's expression
of its views regarding defendant's lack of cooperation were made after
his sentence was announced and the record does not show that the court's
concerns played any part in the sentence imposed.