United States v. Meza-Lopez, No. 15-1082 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money. On appeal, defendant challenged his sentence of 210 months imprisonment. The court concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion by finding the immigration consequences insufficient to merit a downward departure or a variance from his Guidelines range; defendant has not offered sufficient evidence to rebut the presumption that his bottom-of-the-Guidelines sentence is reasonable; and the district court properly considered the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors and did not give significant weight to improper or irrelevant evidence. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Riley, Author, with Beam and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not abuse its discretion by finding the immigration consequences of defendant's conviction were insufficient to merit a downward departure or variance from his Guidelines range; district court did not consider improper or irrelevant evidence in determining sentence.
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