Criminal Law: Firearm Offense-Challenge to Sentence-Sentencing Court’s Abuse of Discretion

Defendant appealed from his sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to a firearms offense, arguing that the district court abused its discretion in sentencing him.

Where the district court considered all of the statutory sentencing factors, committed no clear error of judgment and imposed a within-guidelines sentence, defendant’s sentence was not an abuse of discretion.

Judgment is affirmed.

U.S. v. Colvin (MLW No. 74320/Case No. 19-1888 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Williams, J.