United States Eighth Circuit

Sentence for illegally reentering the United States after being deported is affirmed where: 1) district court did not err in sentencing defendant without considering the cost of his prison sentence and the amount of dollars that might be saved by imposing a lesser sentence, and without considering that he would be deported after serving his sentence; and 2) the court did not abuse its discretion in imposing a sentence at top of advisory guidelines range.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/04/2009
• Published 05/04/2009

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, RILEY and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William A. Delaney, III, AFPD, Sioux Falls, SD, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin Koliner, AUSA, Sioux Falls, SD, for appellee.