United States v. Hutterer, No. 12-1146 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to making threatening interstate communications and mailing threatening communications. On appeal, defendant challenged her sentence of 180 months' imprisonment. The court concluded that the district court properly imposed an obstruction-of-justice enhancement under U.S.S.G. 3C1.1; the district court properly imposed an "official victim" enhancement under U.S.S.G. 3A1.2(a); the district court did not err in denying defendant a sentencing reduction for acceptance of responsibility; and the district court imposed a sentence that properly considered all 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Criminal case - Sentencing. No error in imposing enhancements under Guidelines Sec. 3C1.1 for obstruction of justice and Guidelines Sec. 3A1.2(a) for "official victim;" no error in denying an acceptance-of- responsibility reduction; sentence was not substantively unreasonable.
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