[Eugene Volokh] Court Reverses Sentence Because of Denial of Allocution

 [Eugene Volokh] Court Reverses Sentence Because of Denial of Allocution

“Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(i) … commands that the court must address the defendant personally to afford him the chance to speak or present evidence in mitigation.”

On March 27, 2021, Johnson was involved in a car accident on the Suitland Parkway. Johnson was taken to the hospital where blood tests confirmed the presence of PCP and marijuana in his system. On De…