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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Leval finds that the district court improperly overlooked defendant's right to allocute at sentencing after he pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography. The plea deal, which tied an appeal waiver to the sentence, did not bar allocution, and thus the issue should be remanded for resentencing and to allow defendant to address the court. Otherwise, defendant was properly convicted since claims challenging evidence discovered after a probation officer searched his cell phone lacked merit.
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