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Criminal Law: Sentencing-Downward Variance-Substantive Reasonableness
Staff Report//March 13, 2020
Where a defendant who pleaded guilty to drug charges challenged his sentence, the record showed that the district court adequately considered the sentencing factors and did not abuse its discretion by refusing a further downward variance, and the judgment is affirmed because the sentence was substantively reasonable.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Sandoval (MLW No. 74661/Case No. 19-1464 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa.
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