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103161P.pdf 05/24/2011 United States v. Billy Underwood
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 10-3161
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and
Melloy, Circuit Judge]
Criminal case - Sentencing. Because the district court neither had an
unconstitutional motive nor erroneously believed it was without authority
to grant a departure under Guidelines Sec. 5H1.6, the court would not
review the decision denying the request for a downward departure; district
court considered the 3553(a) factors defendant argued supported a lesser
sentence; sentence was not substantively unreasonable.