United States Eighth Circuit

Defendants' voluntary manslaughter sentences are affirmed where: 1) simply because the district court weighed the relevant factors more heavily than defendants would prefer did not mean the district court abused its discretion; and 2) the government's opinion of the appropriate sentence in this case did not prevent the district court from making its own determination under section 3553(a).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/28/2010
• Published 10/28/2010

Judges

• Bobby E. Shepherd

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel