United States Eighth Circuit

Sentence for making a false statement on a passport application is affirmed where district court gave an adequate justification for the upward variance in his sentence from the advisory Guidelines range and the sentence is not substantively unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/11/2009
• Published 03/11/2009

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before RILEY, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Larry C. Pace, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO (Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Fed. Public Defender, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William L. Meiners, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO (John F. Wood, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.