It is up to the sentencing judge whether a criminal defendant’s allocution is sworn or not, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled on an issue of first impression.
Faced with the second appeal from his sentence for charges related to child pornography, the Third Circuit was asked to weigh in on several claims made by a former Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania professor, including this novel question of federal law.
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