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:: Example: "... courts have discretion to hear at sentencing from any person who might provide useful information, including victims of financial crimes.

But cf.

United States v. Fortier, 242 F. 3d 1224 ( 10th Cir. 2001 ), cert.

denied, 534 U. S. 979, 122 S. Ct.

409, 151 L. Ed. 2d 310 ( 2001 )( finding “ an absence of authority ” on the issue of whether counsel for victims can participate in a sentencing hearing, and raising “ misgivings ” about the practice where the government had agreed not to argue for the very issues the victims ' counsel did ), overruled by statute, 18 U. S. C.

§ 3771 ( d )( 1 ) ( giving crime victims and their “ lawful representative ” the power to assert rights, including the right to be reasonably heard at sentencing ).

" ( excerpt from United States v. Degenhardt, 405 F. Supp. 2d 1341, 1343 ( D. Utah 2005 ))