United States v. Hunt, No. 15-3944 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The court concluded that the district court properly denied defendant's request for a reduction under USSG 3B1.2 where defendant admitted in the plea agreement to involvement in the conspiracy for two and a half years and operated with another individual who admitted to distributing 45 pounds of meth. The court also concluded that the sentence was procedurally and substantively reasonable where the district court heard from both parties at sentencing, adequately explained his sentence, and cited all the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors at sentencing.
Court Description: Per Curiam - Before Riley, Chief Judge, and Wollman and Benton, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. No error in denying defendant's request for a two-level minor role reduction under Guidelines Sec. 3B1.2 as he admitted involvement in the drug conspiracy for more than two years and cooperated with other defendants who distribute 45 pounds of methamphetamine; the court adequately explained its sentencing decision and considered all the 3553(a) factors; sentence was not substantively unreasonable.
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