United States v. White, No. 11-2049 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of "assault resulting in serious bodily injury." On appeal, defendant raised issues related to the sufficiency of the evidence; the district court's application of U.S.S.G. 3C1.1 for obstruction of justice and U.S.S.G. 3B1.2(b) in light of her minor participation in the offense; and the substantive reasonableness of defendant's below-Guidelines sentence. The court rejected defendant's arguments and held that the district court did not commit any error. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Criminal Case - conviction and sentence. Substantial evidence was presented for a rational jury to find defendant guilty to assault beyond a reasonable doubt. District court's finding White committed perjury supports obstruction of justice enhancement. District court did not clearly err in finding White was not entitled to minor participant reduction or abuse its discretion in failing to take into account any extraordinary rehabilitation. Inclusion of dangerous enhancement did not render sentence substantively unreasonable.
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