221586P.pdf   07/28/2023  United States  v.  Phillip Ridings
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-1586
                          and No:  22-1649
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Kelly and Stras, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. The district court did not 
   err in admitting a redacted plea agreement defendant Ridings signed but 
   which did not ultimately result in a guilty plea as defendant, by the 
   terms of the plea agreement, waived his rights under Rule 410 of the 
   Federal Rules of Evidence; nor did admission of the redacted plea violate 
   defendant's Sixth Amendment rights or violate Rule 403; even if the 
   admission of the evidence implicated Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123 
   (1968), the admission of the statement was harmless in light of the other 
   evidence in the case consistent with the statement; the district court did 
   not err in varying upward in setting defendant Davis's sentence based on 
   its consideration of defendant's conduct in abusing the faith of others to 
   conduct this fraudulent scheme; Davis's sentence is not substantively 
   unreasonable.