181371P.pdf   07/31/2019  United States  v.  Ralph Chavous Duke
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-1371
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Loken and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing. For the court's prior opinion in the case, see 
   U.S. v. Duke, 940 F.2d 1113 (8th Cir. 1991). The Central District of 
   Illinois granted Duke's Section 2241 petition, vacated his firearms 
   convictions under Bailey and transferred the case back to the District of 
   Minnesota for resentencing. On transfer the district court again sentenced 
   Duke to life. The district court was aware of all of the relevant Section 
   3553(a)factors and considered them in setting sentence; the district 
   court's explanation of the reasons for the sentence were sufficient to 
   afford meaningful appellate review; given the information readily 
   available in the record, it was not incumbent on the district court to 
   spell out in any greater detail than it did the "staggering magnitude" of 
   Duke's crimes; life sentence was within the advisory guidelines range and 
   was substantively reasonable.