United States Tenth Circuit

In a criminal matter wherein the Sentencing Guidelines indicated that defendant should receive a minimum of 324 months' imprisonment for his drug conviction, but the district court varied downward and imposed a 240-month sentence, the sentence is affirmed over the government's claims that the district court committed procedural error by: 1) declining to give specific reasons for the variance; and 2) failing to enter a written statement of reasons as required by 18 U.S.C. section 3553(c)(2).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/01/2008
• Published 10/02/2008

Judges

• LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before LUCERO, HOLLOWAY, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brent I. Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, Wichita, Kansas, for the Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• E. Jay Greeno, Wichita, Kansas, for the Defendant-Appellee.