United States v. Edwards, No. 15-1790 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his 108 month sentence after pleading guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court concluded that the district court did not commit procedural error by imposing a two-level enhancement for obstruction of justice under USSG 3C1.1 for attempting to suborn testimony where the language of section 3C1.1 and the language of the relevant examples all contemplate attempt as sufficient. The court also concluded that defendant's sentence is not substantively unreasonable where the district court considered all of the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors, and noted defendant's difficult life and criminal history. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Bye, Author, with Wollman and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Criminal Case - Sentencing. District court did not clearly err in increasing offense level for obstruction of justice under Guidelines sec. 3C1.1, as attempts to suborn testimony is sufficient and proof of prejudice is not required in all cases. The district court noted it considered all factors under section 3553(a); proper weight was given to those factors and thus the sentence is not substantively unreasonable.
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