United States v. Price, No. 10-3671 (8th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm after police found semiautomatic weapons in his home while executing a search warrant and defendant was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment and two years of supervised release. Defendant appealed, arguing that the district court improperly weighed certain sentencing factors and that his sentence was unreasonable. The court found no procedural error and held that the district court adequately addressed defendant's argument by stating on the record that the calculated guidelines range was reasonable in light of the circumstances and the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors. The court also held that the sentence was substantively reasonable where it was within the Sentencing Commission's discretion to recommend more severe punishment for convicted felons who possessed weapons such as the semiautomatic rifle found in defendant's room. Therefore, the court concluded that the district court did not err by applying U.S.S.G. 2k2.1(a)(4)(B).
Court Description: Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not commit any procedural error in calculating defendant's sentence, and the sentence it imposed was not unreasonable.
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