United States Eighth Circuit

A sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is reversed pursuant to the government's reasonableness challenge where the district court did not use statutory factors to guide sentencing on remand and in departing downward 76% below the bottom of the advisory guidelines range.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/25/2006
• Published 05/25/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before WOLLMAN, HANSEN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence E. Miller, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jefferson City, MO (Philip M. Koppe, Asst. U.S. Atty., Todd P. Graves, U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David R. Mercer, argued, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Springfield, MO (Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee.