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042895P.pdf 07/14/2005 United States v. James Shannon
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 04-2895
District of South Dakota
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Hansen, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal Case - sentencing. Sentence after Blakely decision in which
district court sentenced defendant to 58 months when guideline range was
6-12 months is affirmed, as upward departure was not unreasonable.
District court did not err procedurally or substantively. Decision to
depart upward was supported by several aggravating circumstances.