United States v. Dennis Howard

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• holding that the “district court abused its discretion by focusing too heavily on [the defendant’s] juvenile criminal history” and doing so “at the expense of a reasoned analysis of other pertinent factors”
• concluding that extensive emphasis on defendant’s early criminal history rendered sentence substantively unreasonable
• concluding that jury could find existence of drug conspiracy in similar circumstances
• noting that defendant selling to “frequent customers who often resold the drugs” 22 supported a conspiracy conviction
• holding that a sentence of life imprisonment plus 60 months was “greater than necessary” (quoting § 3553(a)); United States v. Payton, 754 F.3d 375, 376–77 (6th Cir. 2014) (holding that an above-Guidelines sentence of 45-years imprisonment was substantively unreasonable
• recognizing reduced culpability in youthful offenders and inverse correlation between inmate’s age and risk of recidivism

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