United States v. Grace

The Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's sentence of 72 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. The court held that the district court neither abused its discretion nor committed a clear error of judgment in weighing defendant's prior DUI conviction. Furthermore, the district court did not abuse its discretion by giving significant weight to the state statute in sentencing defendant. In this case, the district court carefully considered the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors and made an individualized assessment based on the facts presented and thus defendant's sentence was substantively reasonable. View "United States v. Grace" on Justia Law