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Criminal Law: Firearm Offense-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence-Sentencing Discretion
Staff Report//June 17, 2026//
Defendant appealed the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to a firearm offense, challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence.
Where the district court adequately considered the statutory sentencing factors, there was no abuse of sentencing discretion.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Puckett (MLW No. 84942/Case No. 25-3359 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Williams, J.
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