United States Eighth Circuit

Sentence for alien smuggling is affirmed where: 1) the district court gave adequate consideration to the U.S.S.G. sec. 3553(a) factors and sufficiently explained its sentencing rationale; and 2) defendant's sentence was not substantively unreasonable.

Appellate Information

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

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., Before COLLOTON, JOHN R. GIBSON and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Julius Anthony Nolen, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Leshia M. Lee-Dixon, AUSA, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.