United States v. Troyer, No. 11-3134 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The court rejected defendant's contention that the district court impermissibly considered factors unrelated to his assistance to law enforcement and that the district court improperly refused to consider some of his assistance to law enforcement. Therefore, the court affirmed the sentence, holding that the district court did not commit plain error when it determined the extent of the downward departure under U.S.S.G. 5K1.1.
Court Description: Criminal case - Sentencing. Even assuming the district court committed plain error when it determined the extent of a downward departure under Section 5K1.1., the error was harmless as there was no reasonable probability that, but for the error, the district court would have imposed a more lenient sentence.
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