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181640P.pdf 06/12/2019 United States v. Michael Anderson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-1640
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Gruender and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. Based on the sentencing record, the district
court did not clearly err in finding defendant had a propensity to use
firearms in criminal activity; the district court's explanation of its
decision to impose a significant upward variance, while perhaps testing
brevity's acceptable limits, was sufficient, as it showed the court had
considered the 3553(a) factors and defendant's sentencing memorandum and
was aware of defendant's mitigating factors; defendant's sentence, an
upward variance from the advisory Guidelines range of 15-21 months to the
statutory maximum of 120 months, was not substantively unreasonable, given
uncharged conduct and the danger defendant poses to the community with his
repeated possession and use of weapons.