United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's bank robbery sentence is affirmed where: 1) the record shows that the district court did in fact address many of the 18 U.S.C. section 3553(a) factors, including the nature and circumstances of the offense, the history and characteristics of the defendant, the need for the sentence imposed to afford adequate deterrence to criminal conduct and to protect the public from further crimes of the defendant, the kinds of sentences available, and the need to avoid unwarranted sentence disparities among similarly situated defendants; and 2) the severity of a mandatory consecutive sentence for an 18 U.S.C. section 924(c)(1)(A) offense was an improper factor that the district court may not consider when sentencing a defendant on related crimes of violence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2010
• Published 03/04/2010

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• United States Eighth Circuit

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