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Staff Report//June 10, 2026//
Criminal Law-Transportation of Minors-Excessive Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
Staff Report//June 10, 2026//
Defendant appealed the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, challenging the substantive reasonableness of the length of his sentence. The district court had applied an upward variance.
Where the district court adequately considered the mitigating factors presented by defendant, there was no abuse of sentencing discretion in balancing those factors against the aggravating factors of the case.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Nighttraveller (MLW No. 84881/Case No. 25-1567 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Locher, J.
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