United States v. Chavarria-Ortiz, No. 15-3031 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to illegal entry after removal and was sentenced to 84 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. The court concluded that the district court’s explanation of defendant's sentence was adequate where it listened to the parties’ arguments and determined that the circumstances did not warrant a downward variance. The court also concluded that the sentence was substantively reasonable where the district court thought that defendant's offense conduct and criminal history warranted a sentence within the advisory range, and that the need for deterrence outweighed defendant’s pleas for leniency based on personal circumstances. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Colloton, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Kelly, Circuit Judge] Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court provided an adequate explanation for its sentencing decision, and the sentence it imposed was substantively reasonable.
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