United States v. Boelter, No. 15-1331 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pled guilty to retaliating against a witness and subsequently appealed his sentence following the revocation of his supervised release. The court concluded that, although defendant's 24-month sentence was greater than the advisory Guidelines range and the sentence he proposed, the sentence was not substantively unreasonable. In this case, the district court gave appropriate consideration to the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors, and explained that the upward variance was based on the seriousness of the offense and the need to promote respect for the law, to provide for just punishment, and to afford deterrence. Because the district court acted well within its discretion in sentencing defendant, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Per Curiam - Before Riley, Chief Judge, and Beam and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. Sentence imposed upon the revocation of defendant's supervised release was substantively reasonable.
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