United States v. Williams, No. 18-2422 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. Deciding not to enforce the ambiguous appeal waiver, the court held that the district court did not plainly err by sentencing defendant to consecutive sentences of 360 months' imprisonment on each count, for a total custodial sentence of 720 months. The court also held that defendant's within-Guidelines sentence was substantively reasonable and did not create an unwarranted sentencing disparity. In this case, the district court weighed the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors in calculating the sentence and the district court distinguished defendant's case from the ones he cited.
Court Description: Per Curiam - Before Benton, Wollman and Grasz, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. No error in imposing consecutive sentences on defendant's two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor; 720-month sentence was not substantively unreasonable and did not create an unwarranted disparity.
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