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062284P.pdf 11/12/2009 United States v. Rodney Jensen
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-2284
and No: 06-2497
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Gruender, Circuit Judge, and
Goldberg, Judge of the United States Court of International Trade]
Criminal case - Sentencing. Case remanded for resentencing in light of
Gall and United States v. Burns, 577 F.3d 887 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc).
062284P.pdf 06/28/2007 United States v. Rodney Jensen
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-2284
and No: 06-2497
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Gruender, Circuit Judge, and
Goldberg, Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade]
Criminal case - Sentencing. District court erred in reducing defendant's
sentence from 216 to 180 months, as when the government files a motion
under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3553(e) for a reduction below the statutory
minimum, the court cannot reduce the sentence further based on other
factors unrelated to the assistance; district court did not err in rejecting
defendant's argument that his life expectancy should serve as the starting
point for calculating a life sentence; district court's decision to reduce
defendant's sentence by the equivalent of six guideline ranges was not an
abuse of discretion; case remanded with directions to impose a sentence
of 216 months.