United States v. Yiu Wing Choi

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24 F. App'x 674
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 14, 2001No. 01-10078; D.C. No. CR-99-00263-1-KJDCalifornia260 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Yiu Wing Choi appeals his resentencing after remand following a guilty plea conviction to one count of bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We reverse and remand.

Choi contends that the district court erred by failing to consider his request for termination of supervised release upon payment of restitution.

In this circuit, an unlimited remand for resentencing permits the district court to “consider any matter relevant to the sentencing” and the district court generally may review the sentence de novo. United States v. Ponce, 51 F.3d 820, 826 *675 (9th Cir.1995) (per curiam); see also United States v. Caterino, 29 F.3d 1390, 1394-95 (9th Cir.1994) (concluding that in absence of clear evidence to the contrary, defendant’s entire sentence was vacated and all sentencing issues were open to re-argument following remand), overruled on other grounds by Witte v. United States, 515 U.S. 389 , 115 S.Ct. 2199 , 132 L.Ed.2d 351 (1995); United States v. Moreno-Hernandez, 48 F.3d 1112, 1116 (9th Cir.1995) (stating that resentencing mandate from appellate court does away with the entire initial sentence and…

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