United States v. Yankton, No. 13-1852 (8th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. The court concluded that the sentencing transcript showed that the district court made an individualized assessment and adequately explained the chosen sentence. Even with the presumption of reasonableness, defendant's sentence was justified by the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. 3553(a), which were all discussed by the district court. Accordingly, the court concluded that defendant's sentence of 360 months' imprisonment was not substantively unreasonable and affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Criminal case - Sentencing. Sentence was substantively reasonable.
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