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Every decision we've filed under Sentencing Guidelines.
The First Circuit affirmed a 207-month prison sentence for a defendant convicted of multiple robberies and carjackings. The court held that the district court did not plainly err in imposing an upward variance despite the vacatur of one predicate offense.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a federal sentence for a firearms violation, ruling that a defendant is responsible for firearms sold by co-conspirators during jointly undertaken criminal activity. The court held that the defendant's coordinated actions with his cohorts established the necessary scope for sentencing enhancements under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's sentencing of Candace Sue Thein for drug conspiracy and distribution offenses. The court rejected Thein's arguments regarding factual findings, sentencing guidelines calculations, and the imposition of consecutive sentences.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a criminal sentence despite finding the government breached a plea agreement. The court held that the breach did not affect the outcome because the district court provided independent reasons for the upward variance.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sixty-year sentence of Ricardo Delgado, a defendant convicted of participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine, fentanyl, and firearms.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to revoke supervised release and impose consecutive sentences totaling forty-eight months. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion in the district court's weighing of sentencing factors or its choice to run the terms consecutively.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a sentencing enhancement for assaulting a law enforcement officer. The court held that ramming a police vehicle and manipulating a firearm created a substantial risk of serious bodily injury.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a sentence for the receipt of child sexual abuse material. The court held that any error in applying a sentencing enhancement was harmless given the record.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a sixty-month prison sentence for a defendant convicted of escaping custody. The court rejected challenges to the sentencing guidelines calculation and the substantive reasonableness of the term imposed.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a sixty-month prison sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm, rejecting the defendant's claim that the sentence was substantively unreasonable. The court held that the district court properly weighed the statutory factors and did not abuse its discretion in granting an upward variance based on the defendant's history of violent conduct.