United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's firearm possession sentence is reversed where the district court impermissibly considered the 18 U.S.C. section 3553(a) factors, rather than relying exclusively on assistance-related factors, in arriving at a sentence 72 months below the statutory minimum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/06/2009
• Published 11/06/2009

Judges

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

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert Knief, AUSA, Sioux City, IA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patrick Thomas Parry, Sioux City, IA, for appellee.