[W]e must conclude that the district court erred in announcing a definitive sentence without first inviting Mr. Luepke to speak. We also conclude that the district court’s later invitation to speak cannot be characterized as an adequate repair of the damage. Given the explicit guidance in Barnes, this error is plain.
JP has a sneaking suspicion that the Seventh Circuit is trying to tell Judge Shabaz that his most judicious years are perhaps in his past. A judge got reversed on plain error for a sentence that was right in the middle of the unappealed sentencing guidelines calculation (the range was 210-262 months and dude got 240)? Shabaz is approaching Methuselah in age and maybe should allow younger gavels (appoint Mag. J. Stephen Crocker!) to take his place.
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