United States Tenth Circuit

Sentencing disparities caused by the existence of fast-track programs, which allow defendants to obtain a downward departure in exchange for their plea and waiver of certain rights, are not considered unwarranted under 18 U.S.C. section 3553(a)(6). A sentence for illegal reentry of a previously deported alien is affirmed over a claim that the district court rendered an unreasonable sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2006
• Published 11/21/2006

Judges

• HARTZ, Circuit Judge., Before HARTZ, EBEL, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen R. McCaughey, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellant., Karin M. Fojtik, Assistant United States Attorney (Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney, and Wayne T. Dance, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.