United States Eighth Circuit

Sentence for drug crimes is affirmed where: 1) the district court provided substantial insight into the reasons for its sentencing decision, and thus did not fail to adequately explain its chosen sentence; and 2) the court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing defendant as its justification for imposing the sentence rested on precisely the kind of defendant-specific determinations that are within the special competence of the sentencing courts.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/13/2009
• Published 07/13/2009

Judges

• SMITH, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN, BEAM, MURPHY, BYE, RILEY, MELLOY, SMITH, COLLOTON, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel Steven Goodman, AUSA, argued, Washington, DC, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lucille Gardner Liggett, AFPD, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.