United States v. McGhee, No. 16-3578 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's 18 month sentence after revocation of supervised release. The court held that the district court did not commit plain procedural error where the district court was aware of its obligations to consider the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors and did actually consider some of those factors, including the nature and circumstances of the offense, defendant's history and characteristics, and the advisory Guidelines range. The court also held that defendant's sentence was substantively reasonable where the district court did not fail to consider relevant factors that should have received significant weight.
Court Description: Per Curiam - Before Smith, Chief Judge, and Colloton and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court adequately explained its sentencing decision and considered the relevant sentencing factors; the sentence imposed upon the revocation of defendant's supervised release was not substantively unreasonable.
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