United States Sixth Circuit

A sentence for interstate domestic violence and kidnapping is affirmed where the district judge correctly calculated the guidelines range, adequately considered statutory factors and permissibly exercised his independent judgment in sentencing defendant, and thus, any error in its description of the sentencing process was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/25/2006
• Published 08/25/2006

Judges

• Before:  MOORE and SUTTON, Circuit Judges;  KATZ, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  J. Patten Brown III, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Camille R. McMullen, Assistant United States Attorney, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellee.