Common use of Sentencing Hearing Clause in Contracts

Sentencing Hearing. At the sentencing hearing, the court must afford counsel for the defendant and for the Government an oppor- tunity to comment on the probation officer’s determinations and on other matters relating to the appropriate sentence, and must rule on any unresolved objections to the presentence report. The court may, in its discretion, per- mit the parties to introduce testimony or other evidence on the objections. For each matter controverted, the court must make ei- ther a finding on the allegation or a deter- mination that no finding is necessary because the controverted matter will not be taken into account in, or will not affect, sentencing. A written record of these findings and deter- minations must be appended to any copy of the presentence report made available to the Bureau of Prisons.