Where a defendant challenged his sentence after pleading guilty to federal offenses stemming from a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle, the district court recognized the defendant’s mental health issues and did not abuse its discretion in concluding that an ...

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Where a defendant in a robbery case challenged the substantive reasonableness of his sentence, matters already taken into account in calculating the advisory guidelines range can form the basis of a variance, and the district court did not abuse its ...

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Where a defendant who pleaded guilty to a firearm charge challenged his sentence as substantively unreasonable, the district court did not abuse its discretion, and there was no basis for a downward variance, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is ...

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Where a defendant in a drug case requested a downward variance arguing that two other judges in the district had announced their disagreement with provisions governing different types of methamphetamine, the court explained its denial of the variance, and the ...

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Where a defendant challenged the substantive reasonableness of his sentence in a felon-in-possession case, the factors that were used to calculate the advisory range can form the basis of a variance, and the district court did not abuse its discretion ...

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Antioch Community Church v. Board of Zoning Adjustment (MLW No. 69993/Case No. WD79676 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Newton, J.)

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