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Criminal Law: Making False Statements in Acquisition of Firearm-Procedural Errors-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
Staff Report//July 30, 2026//
Defendant challenged the procedural and substantive reasonableness of the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to making false statements in the acquisition of a firearm.
Where defendant did not identify any factually erroneous finding relied upon by the district court and where it did not abuse its discretion in heavily weighing the fact that defendant was distributing firearms without a license, the court affirmed defendant’s sentence.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Berry (MLW No. 85159/Case No. 25-2674 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Brooks, J. (Christopher Aaron Holt, AFPD, Fayetteville, AR and Kevin Lammers, AFPD, Fayetteville, AR for appellant) (Kevin Charles Eaton, AUSA, Fort Smith, AR for appellee)
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